Resource list compiled by the Japanese American Service Committee | JASC (jasc-chicago.org)
Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Chicago (JCCC)
Contains a member directory useful for locating businesses catering to the Japanese community.
https://www.jccc-chi.org/en/member-search/ (English)
https://www.jccc-chi.org/member-search/ (Japanese)
English website: https://www.jccc-chi.org/en/
Japanese website: https://www.jccc-chi.org/
Chicago Shimpo
This newspaper has been published in Chicago since the 1940s and covers local news and news from Japan, in a mix of English and Japanese.
English website: http://chicagoshimpo.com/
Japanese website: http://chicagoshimpo.com/japanesefile/index_nihongomain.htm
Nihon Clinic Chicago
Medical clinic located in Arlington Heights with Japanese-speaking doctors.
English site: http://www.nihonclinic.com/english/clinics/chicago/index.html
Japanese site: http://www.nihonclinic.com/japanese/clinics/chicago/index.html
U.S. Shimbun
This site has a variety of information in Japanese, tailored to Chicago and the Midwest. In particular, the Lifestyle/生活情報 section provides guidance on a number of topics that expats might find useful as they navigate life in the U.S.
Sumutoko
This website has a variety of news and information in Japanese for a Chicago-based audience. The About Chicago/シカゴについて section (http://www.sumutoko.com/chicago/about/index.html) contains some guidance on living in Chicago.
About Chicago (住むトコ：シカゴについて）
Sumutoko Chicago/住むトコ シカゴ
http://www.sumutoko.com/chicago/index.html
Relocation Guide to Chicago, IL, Japanese Expat Edition
IOR Global Services
This guide is a few years out of date and seems to be focused on the Deerfield, IL area, but contains quite a bit of useful information.
Chicago, Communication and Culture short course
“Chicago, Communication and Culture (CCC) is a short-term English program for visitors to Chicago who want to explore the city while they improve their English.”
University of Illinois Chicago, Tutorium in Intensive English
https://tie.uic.edu/esl-programs/vacation-english/
English as a Second Language program
Free for residents of Illinois who are not native English speakers.
City Colleges of Chicago
https://www.ccc.edu/site/Pages/ESL-English-as-a-Second-language.aspx
Literacy DuPage
Literacy DuPage recruits and trains volunteers to tutor adults who wish to improve their English speaking, listening, reading, and/or writing–for no charge.