About 120,000 people of Japanese descent were forcibly relocated and incarcerated in the United States during World War II. These curations cover daily life inside the camps, the homes and farms that many families lost, and how occupation reshaped Japan after the war.
During World War II, about 120,000 people of Japanese descent were forcibly relocated and incarcerated in 10 concentration camps in the United States, operated by the War Relocation Authority, mostly in the western interior of the country.
The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was intended to mitigate a security risk which Japanese Americans were believed to pose. Its implementation developed in stages, progressing from asset restriction measures to large-scale removal and incarceration.
The aftermath of World War II in Japan was a period of foreign occupation and administration by the Allies, beginning with Japan's surrender on September 2, 1945, and ending when the Treaty of San Francisco took effect on April 28, 1952; it was the only time in Japan's history that the country was occupied by a foreign power.
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