How much money did Japanese Americans held in concentration camps in the US receive after World War 2?

Answer 1

Compensation for Japanese Internment Camp PrisonersThese persons were either Japanese citizens living in the USA or decendants of Japanese. They were deemed a threat (due to the Japanese having a large navy, capable of striking the mainland USA), as opposed to German decendants (Germany lacked a navy of such force).

Supposedly the Japanese-Americans so imprisoned had their property protected in their absence but in fact, much was lost to vandalism, forced sale, theft or confiscation. Many farms and businesses were thus lost by these persons.

After many years, around 1981 ( I think ) a token amount of money (around $25,000 per person) was awarded as damages by the US Federal Government. While trivial financially compared to the sums lost, nonetheless, many Japanese Americans were satisfied with this settlement as it was considered an admission of wrong doing by the Government.

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True, it was in 1988 that congress apologized for their actions and gave about 20,000 dollars to each Japanese. But what is often not noted, a total of around 400 million dollars worth of land was confiscated from the Japanese, bettering the wealth of the American Government.

Answer 2

They received a large nappy, some fish and a video camera to record their sexy women on.