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.

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doc Claim for Damage to or Loss of Real or Personal Property by a Person of Japanese Ancestry (ddr-densho-167-43)

Yukio Kuroishi owned a restaurant in Los Angeles prior to World War II. He filed this claims form for losses against the business.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-167-43/

doc Letter regarding claim for losses during World War II (ddr-densho-179-245)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-179-245/

doc Letter regarding claim for losses during World War II (ddr-densho-179-246)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-179-246/

doc Evacuation Claims Notice (ddr-densho-188-1)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-188-1/

doc Letter regarding property in government custody (ddr-densho-203-9)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-203-9/

doc The Northwest Times Vol. 3 No. 32 (April 20, 1949) (ddr-densho-229-199)

"ADC Fund Push Opens with Kickoff Luncheon" (p. 1), "Evacuation Claims Queries, Replies" (p. 2), "ADC to Ask Amendment to HR 199" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-199/

doc The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 46 (July 1, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-34)

"House Will Get Claims Board Measure Soon" (p. 1), "House to Study H.R. 3555" (p. 1)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-34/

doc The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 3 (January 10, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-2)

"U.S. Court Hears Status of 5,500 Nisei" (p. 1), "Seeks Passage of Claims Bill" (p. 1), "M.I.S. Grads Total 2,675 in Monterey" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-2/

doc The Northwest Times Vol. 2 No. 98 (November 27, 1948) (ddr-densho-229-159)

"Sabath Vows Support of Issei Rights" (p. 1), "Bias Noted in Chicago Cemeteries" (p. 1), "Claim Queries and Answers" (p. 1), "Community Basketball Season to Start Next Wed.,Dec. 1" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-159/

doc The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 49 (July 15, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-36)

"Accept Business Permit Applications to Japan" (p. 1), "JACL Goes Ahead to Speed Plans to Honor Nisei at Arlington" (p. 1), "Commons OK's Board to Sift Ouster Losses" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-36/

doc The Northwest Times Vol. 2 No. 43 (May 19, 1948) (ddr-densho-229-111)

"Two Congressmen Point Out Wrong of Racial Bias against Minorities; Cite Plight of Japanese Americans" (p. 1), "Senate OK's Citizenship for War Vets" (p. 1), "Endorsements of Evacuation Claims Bills Now Urged by JACL-ADC in D.C.; Hearings Scheduled to Start Friday" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-111/

doc The Northwest Times Vol. 3 No. 97 (December 3, 1949) (ddr-densho-229-234)

"JACL to Submit Memo to U.S. on Claims Matter" (p. 1), "Wash. State Bonus Queries Clarified" (p. 1), "If You Have Any Evacuation Claims, File Before Jan. 2, ADC Suggests" (p. 1)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-234/

doc The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 74 (October 10, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-61)

"Nisei War Dead on Second Shipment of State Servicemen Killed in Action" (p. 1), "New Local 7 Cannery Union Officers Will be Installed on Nov. 1" (p. 1), "JCCC Promises Legal Experts for Japanese" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-61/

doc The Northwest Times Vol. 3 No. 2 (January 5, 1949) (ddr-densho-229-169)

"Truman Shows Interest in Rights Bill" (p. 1), "Pa. Solon Vows to Present Measure for Equality in Naturalization" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-169/

doc The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 1 (January 1, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-1)

"Legislature Will Weigh Proposal to End Bias in Employment" (p. 1), "Ex-OWI Aide Cites Losses of Evacuees" (p. 1), "Where Should Nisei Settle Down? Wherever He is Happy, Writer Thinks" (p. 2), "Nisei Hoopsters Start '47 Season Jan. 8" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-1/

doc The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 4 (January 14, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-3)

"Sees Complications in Return of Nisei Stranded in Japan" (p. 1), "Anti-Bias Group Eyes Removal of Race Restrictions" (p. 1), "Aliens Now May Apply for Business" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-3/

doc The Northwest Times Vol. 2 No. 104 (December 18, 1948) (ddr-densho-229-165)

"Demo Leader OK's Rights Legislation" (p. 1), "Settlement Nears for Peru Japanese Stranded in U.S., Masaoka Reports" (p. 1), "B.C. to Continue Evacuee Aid" (p. 1), "Claims Queries and Replies" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-165/

doc The Northwest Times Vol. 3 No. 29 (April 9, 1949) (ddr-densho-229-196)

"Issei, Nisei May Get Claims Forms for Lost or Damaged Articles" (p. 1), "Bill Gives Atty. - Gen More Power" (p. 1), "Shaft Honors War Dead of This Area" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-196/

doc The Northwest Times Vol. 3 No. 66 (August 17, 1949) (ddr-densho-229-233)

"Claims Total Here to Date Set at $20,000" (p. 1), "Orientals Win Voting Rights" (p. 1), "Queen Terri and Attendants Invite City of Los Angeles to Join in Nisei Week Festival" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-233/

doc The Northwest Times Vol. 5 No. 6 (January 20, 1951) (ddr-densho-229-267)

"Yorty's Bill Would End Racial Bias" (p. 1), "Loss Caused by Leasehold Sale Allowed Under Claims Act : ADC" (p. 1), "Tentative 3-Day Program Announced for '51 N.W. Young Buddhist Conclave" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-267/

doc The Northwest Times Vol. 2 No. 81 (September 29, 1948) (ddr-densho-229-143)

"Lawyers Tell What We Can Ask For Loss" (p. 1), "$2,650 Set as "Fair Share' of Jackson Street Area in 1949 Community Chest Push" (p. 1), "Text of Complaint Filed Against "Tokyo Rose' in Oct. 7 Treason Trial" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-143/

doc The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 40 (June 10, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-28)

"Northwest District Council of Citizens League Reactivated; Shimomoura Elected Chairman" (p. 1), "JACL Leader Files "Case for Nisei" (p. 1), "Eisenhower's Brother OK's Claims Action" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-28/

doc The Northwest Times Vol. 2 No. 80 (September 25, 1948) (ddr-densho-229-142)

"Remains of Corporal Kokubu Join Graves of Two Other Nisei Dead at Arlington Cemetery" (p. 1), "Ennis, Masaoka to Meet Lawyers on Handling of Claims Forms" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-142/

doc The Northwest Times Vol. 3 No. 64 (August 10, 1949) (ddr-densho-229-231)

"File Your Evacuation Losses Claims; JACL Open Night Tonight" (p. 1), "Job of Crushing Zaibatsu Ended; Board Dissolved" (p. 1), "Last Minute Senate Action Sought on Judd Bill or Walter Resolution" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-231/

doc The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 79 (October 28, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-66)

"Sebald Sees No World Peace Threat in Rising Economy of Japan" (p. 1), "Acheson Hits Cal. Land Law as "Unequal" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-66/