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)
![Life Insurance policy for Seigo Miwa (ddr-densho-437-294)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f2/b8/f2b82be02425273a81255586452529a5.jpg)
![Note from Shoso Miwa to Lawrence Miwa (ddr-densho-437-79)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/a4/0e/a40e9b5750ed814da07a2fc1702c4b4b.jpg)
![Letter from Shoso Henry Miwa to Shigeru Nakata (ddr-densho-437-206)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e2/e4/e2e456cf33b80b8498f4f778c28223fd.jpg)
![Handwritten memorandum (ddr-densho-437-214)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/b3/bf/b3bff899ad7e5ff6338571bd03d8570a.jpg)
![Letter from Oliver Ellis Stone to Lawrence Fumio Miwa (ddr-densho-437-53)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/15/1a/151ac81818e4a3424f973cef8563e252.jpg)
![Letter from Oliver Ellis Stone to Lawrence Fumio Miwa (ddr-densho-437-89)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/97/ff/97ff315575f67dc00d4da97eb69ff750.jpg)
![Letter from Minoru Yasui to Katherine Sato (ddr-densho-437-32)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/30/b0/30b0bcc72dabd6a58823fee5281343ba.jpg)
![Letter from Oliver Ellis Stone to Lawrence Fumio Miwa (ddr-densho-437-176)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/81/92/81927a3e1c748ff0eacd3f6afe992429.jpg)
![Letter from Oliver Ellis Stone to Lawrence Fumio Miwa (ddr-densho-437-101)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/12/16/1216a803496deda9272af98168f4cad4.jpg)
![Letter from Lawrence Miwa to Oliver Ellis Stone concerning claim for James Seigo Maw's confiscated property (ddr-densho-437-241)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/73/23/7323a46ecdb75a3106e36bb8bc16519c.jpg)
![Letter from Lawrence Miwa to Oliver Ellis Stone concerning claim for James Seigo Maw's confiscated property with newspaper clipping (ddr-densho-437-220)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f9/92/f99299d43a1c60cb8c80572b3dce8150.jpg)
![Letter from Oliver Ellis Stone to Lawrence Fumio Miwa (ddr-densho-437-157)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/48/c1/48c1df56f0f8a1514b58e7a431cba188.jpg)
![Letter from Lawrence Miwa to Oliver Ellis Stone concerning claim for James Seigo Maw's confiscated property (ddr-densho-437-243)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/3d/ee/3dee7d18428421a0543af49d23fab5fc.jpg)
![Department of Justice files for James Seigo Miwa (ddr-densho-437-19)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/7c/92/7c924d5f13b80949aac1f515becf0b94.jpg)
![Note from Lawrence Miwa to Shoso Miwa (ddr-densho-437-76)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/54/30/54303f10ec3f4715a83908d0869fc92d.jpg)
![Copy of Letter from Lawrence Miwa to Oliver Ellis Stone concerning claim for James Seigo Maw's confiscated property (ddr-densho-437-193)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/41/96/41969602751c92ca2eb01a38d674a709.jpg)
![Letter from Oliver Ellis Stone to Lawrence Fumio Miwa (ddr-densho-437-111)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/74/c9/74c948f44579e61356c39c72babd72e0.jpg)
![Letter from Oliver Ellis Stone to Larry (Lawrence Miwa) (ddr-densho-437-136)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/1f/4c/1f4c6dc8b4ef9418b0536d754c1f60fc.jpg)
![Department of Justice files for James Seigo Miwa (ddr-densho-437-23)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/79/2f/792f3db00ae813d8c811bf8fc3a71007.jpg)
![Memorandum to Office of Alien Property concerning Shigeru Nakata's claim on James Seigo Miwa's property (ddr-densho-437-62)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/42/26/422615caef8427a7d8c82292016fcdaa.jpg)
![Letter from Spark Matsunaga to Oliver Ellis Stone (ddr-densho-437-151)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/46/7e/467e960a3493c60e9aaaa39819466232.jpg)