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The impact of the war on Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadians -…
The impact of the war on Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadians - Milena Pérez
USA
Cause of the anti-japanese feeling: attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941
Consequence on the American territory: created a fear towards a Japanese attack on the west coast that led to removing people of Japanese descent from the west coast
The Japanese were feared because of posible: espionage, sabotage or general acts of disruption
Resolution: An Executive Order (9066) signed by Roosevelt on 19 February 1942
The order allowed the US-government to relocate the Issei (1st generation of immigrants) and the Nisei (children of the Issei)
Motives: to defend the country, to eliminate the enemy race, and because of economic motive of eliminating japanese farmers competition
Internment camps:
Aprox. 100,000 Jap-Americans were removed in 1942.
Some Japanese faced Vandalism in the US
Exception: Japanese in Hawaii couldn't be imprisioned because of the martial law
1945: they were released with a lot of co-lateral damage, such as returning to a destroyed home, possessions ruined, etc.
US-government response: in 1948 passed the American Japanese Act granting $37 million in compensation to surviving internees
Opposition from social groups: resulted to be the Redress Movement which sought compensation, achieved by 1988 when every surviving internee received $20,000
CANADA
Same cause: Pearl Harbor
Outcome: the Nikkei Kanadajin suffered prejudices, vandalism, sacking and violence against their community
Fears: same as USA, espionage and sabotage
1942: a wide strip inland from the Pacific Coast was created, internment camps, were men between 18-45 were removed and sent to these camps
Problems: the Japanese could leave, but they will find no job or school, own land or pay high rents, special licenses to grow crops, so this equaled = internment camps as the only living option
1943: Canadian government signed the Custodian of Aliens measure, where all Japanese property, land, clothes, stocks and funds were sold off obliging them to stay on camps
Some-what resolutions/progress: On April 1949, the Canadian government announced the Japanese could live anywhere in Canada. Later a $1.3 million compensation was given to the Japs for property damage, and in 1988 an amount of $21,000 was given to each surviving internee
