The Japanese-Canadian World War II Experience

Japanese hospitals began treatment of Japanese Canadians in 1894, and by the year 1900 a larger Japanese hospital was built. Japanese families can pay $ 8 a year for medical insurance premiums and Japanese hospitals are the first medical insurance in Canada. Akira does not have to worry about getting sick with a cold as the father has already paid money for all families. Along with the lively Japanese community, many clubs specializing in Japanese sports and culture have appeared soon. In Stephenston, the Sumo wrestling club is open and popular among young Japanese.

In the years before the Second World War, about 29,000 Japanese descendants lived in British Columbia; 80% of them were Canadians. At that time, they were deprived of voting rights and legal prohibitions in various professions. Racial tension comes from many Canadian beliefs. Even in the second generation of Issei, the second generation second generation, all Japanese immigrants are faithful only to Japan. A professor at the University of British Columbia posted an article in McLeans magazine that "BC Japanese are faithful to any Japanese in the world". Other Canadians believe that the tension in British Columbia comes from the fact that Japanese people are almost completely gathered in Vancouver and its surroundings. Therefore, early in 1938, some people recommended that Japanese Canadians travel to the east of the Rocky Mountains. This proposal was carried out during the Second World War.

In 1942, a Japanese Canadian detention facility occurred when more than 22,000 Japanese-born Canadians from the state of British Columbia were evacuated and detained under the name of "national security". This decision took place after Japan invaded Hong Kong and Malaya, attacked Pearl Harbor, and Canada declared a war against Japan during World War II. Due to forced relocation during this period, many Japanese Canadians experienced forced curfew and trial by the government, loss of work and property, and forced repatriation to Japan.