{"id":4348,"date":"2022-10-20T05:51:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T05:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/?p=4348"},"modified":"2022-10-31T16:14:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T16:14:58","slug":"today-laura-neitzel-the-life-we-longed-for-danchi-housing-and-the-middle-class-dream-in-postwar-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/today-laura-neitzel-the-life-we-longed-for-danchi-housing-and-the-middle-class-dream-in-postwar-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"THIS WEEK: Laura Neitzel &#8216;The Life We Longed For: Danchi Housing and the Middle-Class Dream in Postwar Japan&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"twEventDetailTable\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"twEventDetailData\">\n<p class=\"firstp\">In the 1950s, high-rise housing projects called\u00a0<em>danchi<\/em>\u00a0appeared on Japan\u2019s urban perimeters to address the nation\u2019s urgent housing crisis after World War II. 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