Japanese immigrants first came to the Pacific Northwest in the 1880s, when federal legislation that excluded further Chinese immigration created demands for new immigrant labor. Japanese in larger cities provided rooming houses, restaurants, stores, social contacts, and employment services that helped new immigrants get established in the region. Shintaro Takaki went to Portland to sell Japanese goods to Chinese merchants and by 1889 had started a restaurant in the city. Shintaro became a labor conductor and helped make Portland a center for disturbing immigrant workers to fish canneries, farms, sawmills, and railroads throughout the Pacific Northwest. The city’s Japanese immigrants established Buddhist and Methodist …show more content…
Today, the estimated 800,000 Japanese Americans have achieved extraordinary economic success and have worked exceptionally hard to integrate fully into U.S. society. Many lost thriving produce farms and other businesses during the war, then redoubled their efforts after it ended. Some joined the federal government or built political careers, notably Sen. Daniel Inouye and Norman Y. Mineta, transportation secretary under President George W. Bush. Today I believe the Japanese Americans aren’t treated as bad during World War II. Actually tons of Americans love the Japanese lifestyle, like their clothes, TV Shows, and