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 Set of legal documents related to estate of James Seigo Miwa (ddr-densho-437-297)

Copy of cancellation of Power of Attorney granted to Shigeru Nakata while James Seigo Miwa was held at Lordsburg Internment camp, cancellation of Deed of Gift to Katherine Kiyoko (Miwa) Sato, copy of will listing Lawrence Miwa as beneficiary

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-297/

doc Letter from Lawrence Miwa to Oliver Ellis Stone concerning claim for James Seigo Maw's confiscated property (ddr-densho-437-276)

Is looking forward to seeing you and Congressman Johnson

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-276/

doc Copy of letter from Paul Byron, Office of Alien Property, to Sen. Eugene Milliken (ddr-densho-437-170)

Asking Sen. Milliken to consider the Miwa claim

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-170/

doc Order granting review of Miwa claim from attorney general (ddr-densho-437-120)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-120/

doc Copy of Letter from Lawrence Miwa to Oliver Ellis Stone concerning claim for James Seigo Maw's confiscated property (ddr-densho-437-179)

Answers to questions Oliver Stone asked in previous correspondence

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-179/

doc Letter from Lawrence Miwa to Oliver Ellis Stone concerning claim for James Seigo Maw's confiscated property (ddr-densho-437-269)

Asking whether he should consider giving up his dual citizenship to help the case

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-269/

doc Letter from Eugene Milliken, Chair of Senate Finance Committee, to Lawrence Fumio Miwa (ddr-densho-437-33)

Responding to Lawrence Fumio Miwa's request to review James Seigo Miwa's claim

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-33/

doc Letter from Lawrence Fumio Miwa to Oliver Ellis Stone (ddr-densho-437-202)

Updates on the case, heard that the U.S. legislature may take up the issues of reparations

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-202/

doc Letter from Lawrence Miwa to Oliver Ellis Stone concerning claim for James Seigo Maw's confiscated property (ddr-densho-437-221)

Hoping to see him on his next trip to Washington, D.C.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-221/

doc Letter from Rep. Spark Matsunaga to Lawrence Fumio Miwa (ddr-densho-437-162)

Congratulating him on his promotion

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-162/

doc Letter from Lawrence Miwa to Oliver Ellis Stone concerning claim for James Seigo Maw's confiscated property (ddr-densho-437-277)

Understands that Congressman Johnson will write the Attorney General, sends a wedding photo

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-277/

doc Appeal filed in Miwa family claim (ddr-densho-437-112)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-112/

doc Letter from Lawrence Miwa to Robert Murakami (ddr-densho-437-186)

Thanking him for his offer of help

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-186/

doc Letter from Lawrence Miwa to Oliver Ellis Stone concerning claim for James Seigo Maw's confiscated property (ddr-densho-437-190)

Enclosing letter from Lawrence Miwa's sister, Kiyoko Katherine (Miwa) Sato, and cop of will

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-190/

doc Letter from Lawrence Miwa to Oliver Ellis Stone concerning claim for James Seigo Maw's confiscated property (ddr-densho-437-270)

Concerning registering his upcoming marriage in Japan, and progress of the case

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-270/

doc Letter from Oliver Ellis Stone to Lawrence Fumio Miwa (ddr-densho-437-70)

Looking forward to seeing Lawrence Miwa in April

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-70/

doc Letter from Oliver Ellis Stone to Lawrence Fumio Miwa (ddr-densho-437-143)

He contacted the Office of Alien Property requested files related to the Miwa claim

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-143/

doc Copy of letter from Oliver Ellis Stone to William Rogers, U.S. Attorney General (ddr-densho-437-118)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-118/

doc Letter from Lawrence Fumio Miwa to Robert Murakami (ddr-densho-437-48)

Answering questions about Lawrence Miwa's birth registration, and changed in legislation related to property reclamation

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-48/

doc Department of Justice files for James Seigo Miwa (ddr-densho-437-20)

Correspondence with MIlton Simpson and Department of Alien Property concerning efforts to claim James Seigo Miwa's confiscated property

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-20/

doc Registered mail receipt (ddr-densho-437-154)

Letter from Lawrence Miwa to Oliver Ellis Stone

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-154/

doc Letter from Arthur Schor, Office of Alien Property to Oliver Ellis Stone (ddr-densho-437-99)

Concerning submitting a reply brief to hearing examiner

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-99/

doc Copy of Letter from Lawrence Miwa to Oliver Ellis Stone concerning claim for James Seigo Maw's confiscated property (ddr-densho-437-178)

Has moved to New York, asks for advice on next steps

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-178/

doc Letter from Lawrence Miwa to Oliver Ellis Stone concerning claim for James Seigo Maw's confiscated property (ddr-densho-437-253)

Believes they should respond to the Examiner's decision as soon as it is released

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-253/

doc Draft of Memorandum to Office of Alien Property concerning Shigeru Nakata's claim on James Seigo Miwa's property (ddr-densho-437-63)

Submitted by Oliver Ellis Stone on behalf of Lawrence Miwa

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-63/