Redress and reparations

On August 10, 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed into law the Civil Liberties Act, which, among other things, mandated an official apology from the government and monetary payments to Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II. However, this redress excluded Japanese Latin Americans who were forcibly deported from their home countries and placed in U.S. internment camps. A class action lawsuit, 'Mochizuki v. U.S.A,' was filed in 1996 on behalf of all the Japanese Latin Americans denied redress. It resulted in a settlement agreement authorizing an official apology and $5,000 compensation payments, one-fourth of what was awarded to Japanese Americans. Some Japanese Latin Americans decided to reject the Mochizuki settlement offer and continue litigation in U.S. and International courts.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 104, No. 24 (June 19, 1987) (ddr-pc-59-24)

Selected article titles: "'Tokyo Time' Is About Love--Nikkei Style" (pp. 1-2), "Calif. Bill Urges President, Congress to Approve Redress" (p. 1), "Japanese American History to Be Celebrated During Omatsuri" (p. 3), and "Japanese Peruvians Still Ineligible for Payments" (p. 8)j.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-59-24/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 123, No. 6 (September 20-October 3, 1996) (ddr-pc-68-18)

Selected article titles: "Three Nisei Deported from Peru in WWII Sue U.S. for Redress" (pp. 1, 12), "Bill Poses Threat to Affirmative Action, Says AP Organization" (pp. 1, 12), "National JACL to Take on This 'Monumental Task'" (p. 5), and "Voices: Not Enough Asian Americans Ambassadors" (p. 9).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-68-18/

img Redress Now for Japanese Latin Americans lobbying group (ddr-densho-106-11)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-106-11/

doc Autobiography of Arthur Yakabi (ddr-densho-401-3)

Photocopy of Arthur Yakabi's handwritten autobiography detailing his childhood in Peru, detention in the United States during WWII, and his adulthood in the United States.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-401-3/

doc Arthur Yakabi's Testimony to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (ddr-densho-401-2)

Copy of Arthur Yakabi's testimony to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians detailing his experiences being deported from Peru and sent to various American Concentration Camps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-401-2/

vh Betty Morita Shibayama Interview Segment 39 (ddr-densho-1000-152-39)

Husband is denied redress as a Japanese Peruvian and begins to speak at public venues

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-152-39/

vh Betty Morita Shibayama Interview Segment 40 (ddr-densho-1000-152-40)

Decision to not accept the Japanese Peruvians' settlement, and, with others, sue the government for redress

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-152-40/

vh Art Shibayama Interview Segment 44 (ddr-densho-1000-151-44)

Talking with congresspeople in Washington, D.C.; rejecting the U.S. government's settlement amount

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-151-44/

vh Art Shibayama Interview Segment 42 (ddr-densho-1000-151-42)

Feelings upon finding out that redress would be denied to Japanese Latin Americans

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-151-42/

vh Art Shibayama Interview Segment 43 (ddr-densho-1000-151-43)

Involvement in the Campaign for Justice, an effort to obtain redress for Japanese Latin Americans

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-151-43/

vh Art Shibayama Interview Segment 45 (ddr-densho-1000-151-45)

Thoughts on the importance of fighting for redress for Japanese Latin Americans

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-151-45/