The Japanese Consulate and Naka & Pearl Nakane - Part 2
Naka and Pearl Nakane and Chicago
Did Naka Nakane ever come to Chicago? How much political influence did he have in Illinois? Did the Japanese consulate in Chicago somehow get involved in Nakane’s “black maneuver” in the Midwest? All that can be said at this point is that two documents purporting to be pledges from the Development of Our Own were found among others in a search of the former Japanese consulate in Chicago.1
The Development of Our Own was incorporated as a non-profit organization in Illinois on October 1, 1936. Its address was listed …