Japanese-American Claims Act
- Japanese-American Claims Act
The Japanese-American Claims Act is a law passed by Congress and signed by President Harry S. Truman on July 2, 1948. The law authorized the settlement of property loss claims by people of Japanese descent who were removed from the Pacific Coast area during World War II. According to a Senate Report about the act, “The question of whether the evacuation of the Japanese people from the West Coast was justified is now moot. The government did move these people, bodily, the resulting loss was great, and the principles of justice and responsible government require that there should be compensation for such losses.” The Congress over time appropriated $38 million to settle 23,000 claims for damages totaling $131 million. The final claim was adjudicated in 1965.
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Japanese American internment — refers to the forcible relocation and internment of approximately 110,000 Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans to housing facilities called War Relocation Camps , in the wake of Imperial Japan s attack on Pearl Harbor. [… … Wikipedia
Japanese American life post-World War II — On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 relocating 120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast into internment camps for the duration of the war. The personal rights, liberties, and freedoms of… … Wikipedia
Japanese American Citizens League — The Japanese American Citizens League was formed in 1929 to protect the rights of Japanese Americans from the state and federal governments. It fought for civil rights for Japanese Americans, assisted those in internment camps during World War II … Wikipedia
War Claims Act of 1948 — The War Claims Act of 1948, or Public Law 80 896 (62 Stat. 1240; 50 U.S.C.) is a United States federal law passed by the 80th United States Congress on July 3, 1948. It created the War Claims Commission to adjudicate claims and pay out… … Wikipedia
Japanese diaspora — 日系人 Total population About 2,600,000 [5] Regions with significant populations … Wikipedia
Japanese Canadian internment — The Japanese Canadian internment was the internment of more than 22,000 Japanese Canadians during the Second World War by the Government of Canada. The internment came in stages, first involving the confiscation of Japanese Canadian fishing boats … Wikipedia
Japanese war crimes — occurred during the period of Japanese imperialism. Some of the incidents have also been described as an Asian Holocaustcite news| first=Ralph |last=Blumenthal |title=The World: Revisiting World War II Atrocities; Comparing the Unspeakable to the … Wikipedia
American Old West — Wild West redirects here. For other uses, see Wild West (disambiguation). For cultural influences and their development, see Western (genre). American Old West The … Wikipedia
American International Group — AIG redirects here. For other uses, see AIG (disambiguation). American International Group, Inc. Type Public Traded as NYSE: … Wikipedia
Japanese nationalist thinking in the Meiji era — During the final days of the Tokugawa shogunate, the nationalist ideas of prominent daimyo , such as Mito Nariaki and others continued to develop, with some promoting fukko (a return to the past) and osei (the Emperor s supreme authority). This… … Wikipedia
