Economic losses
The economic and emotional toll associated with the uprooting of Japanese Americans from their homes and businesses was enormous. The cost was especially high for the issei (first-generation immigrants), who had worked most of their lives to establish financial security for themselves and their children. Many Japanese Americans bitterly recall being forced to sell property, personal belongings, and business equipment for a fraction of their value to opportunistic scavengers. Evacuees could take only what they could carry. They left behind heirlooms, cherished toys, and family pets. Farmers continued to work for a harvest they would never see, told it would be "disloyal" to stop. The bustling Nihonmachis (Japantowns) of the West Coast closed down and never fully recovered, even after the war ended.
World War II
(231)
Economic losses
(561)
![The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 63 (September 2, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-50)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/9b/0f/9b0f07896bb16512308f37d44661a92d.jpg)
![The Northwest Times Vol. 2 No. 103 (December 15, 1948) (ddr-densho-229-164)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/78/34/7834ba1df1206b0b73ef2f22b646b7a9.jpg)
![The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 51 (July 22, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-38)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/54/8c/548c4f33ac57785ca40c832fc256da41.jpg)
![The Northwest Times Vol. 3 No. 30 (April 13, 1949) (ddr-densho-229-197)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/55/f1/55f18b1565ef4a23b0e725da914cce10.jpg)
![The Northwest Times Vol. 3 No. 28 (April 6, 1949) (ddr-densho-229-195)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/42/9e/429e67dc7e286fea23c82359ffa74515.jpg)
![The Northwest Times Vol. 4 No. 78 (September 30, 1950) (ddr-densho-229-247)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/40/01/40013db20cf329436ccf453f5828fb1c.jpg)
![The Northwest Times Vol. 2 No. 45 (May 26, 1948) (ddr-densho-229-113)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/99/45/99450f16cbeed3ec151e1f4a4db75877.jpg)
![The Northwest Times Vol. 2 No. 78 (September 18, 1948) (ddr-densho-229-140)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/b0/6d/b06d8123a569b81543482da32bcdbf89.jpg)
![The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 77 (October 21, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-64)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/c3/32/c332e313b54966ac2a618d188ab323ff.jpg)
![The Northwest Times Vol. 2 No. 102 (December 11, 1948) (ddr-densho-229-163)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/55/9f/559f6d2f27e57a346e1b18b08a156bd9.jpg)
![The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 64 (September 5, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-51)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/30/30/3030c9935704c4f010a920c62ee2039c.jpg)
![The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 38 (June 3, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-26)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/51/af/51af01baea06a5a232bad64b2c66a13f.jpg)
![The Northwest Times Vol. 3 No. 61 (July 30, 1949) (ddr-densho-229-228)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/34/99/349973a45695882560602cf46b714647.jpg)
![The Northwest Times Vol. 3 No. 31 (April 16, 1949) (ddr-densho-229-198)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/aa/bd/aabddc1a973db6fc8903b5564a8418b7.jpg)
![The Northwest Times Vol. 3 No. 47 (June 11, 1949) (ddr-densho-229-214)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/69/3f/693fde428527d790a65c4cda2f697618.jpg)
![The Northwest Times Vol. 4 No. 71 (September 6, 1950) (ddr-densho-229-240)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/c0/13/c01371f18fc809b8ebc99d5004ecdda7.jpg)
![The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 47 (July 8, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-35)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/3a/b1/3ab15a6aec735341ab6826194e948659.jpg)
![The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 70 (September 26, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-57)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f3/aa/f3aab91b8741db849013f5a5d11f13e3.jpg)
![The Northwest Times Vol. 2 No. 100 (December 4, 1948) (ddr-densho-229-161)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/77/19/77198449046860a84e311d22e42f83e0.jpg)
![The Northwest Times Vol. 2 No. 24 (March 13, 1948) (ddr-densho-229-94)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/34/c5/34c5d24260bf50564f564b0e373df8ca.jpg)
![The Northwest Times Vol. 3 No. 65 (August 13, 1949) (ddr-densho-229-232)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/2e/fe/2efed6e818dfd925515d9bbda5f4997a.jpg)
![The Northwest Times Vol. 3 No. 48 (June 15, 1949) (ddr-densho-229-215)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/0b/44/0b4495718e1a1ca7e4fb2666681913a0.jpg)
![Evacuation claims settlement sheet (ddr-densho-25-65)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/45/1f/451f61e43c179c9d6d57a923c3b462a3.jpg)
![Application for relocation assistance (ddr-densho-25-58)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/34/25/3425a0588df56a5ae36d692faef142ed.jpg)