A comprehensive investigation by the San Francisco Chronicle has unveiled the profound impact of mass incarceration on San Francisco's Japantown during World War II, caused by Executive Order 9066. Leveraging newly released U.S. Census data, archival records, and fresh interviews, the project reveals for the first time the extent of devastation caused by the forced exile and incarceration of Japanese Americans under this order in 1942. The area, known today as a tourist spot, was historically a vibrant community for Japanese Americans seeking refuge from exclusion elsewhere. The Chronicle's team, including Peter Hartlaub, Nami Sumida, and others, employed data journalism to quantify and visualize the effects of the 1942 order on the community, marking a significant contribution to understanding this dark chapter in San Francisco's history.
Using newly released U.S. Census data, archival records and fresh interviews, for the first time, we can quantify how San Francisco’s Japantown was devastated by mass incarceration. https://t.co/XpstIlpFUm
Fascinating: How internment transformed San Francisco's Japanese community -- and Black community. great historic research https://t.co/jZQnDWPCLS https://t.co/h8fzJO5RvJ
Executive Order 9066. The forced incarceration of Japanese Americans into internment camps fundamentally reshaped Japantown. The @sfchronicle has written a gut-wrenching expose of the effects of a dark time in San Francisco's history. But one that's important to remember. 🧵 https://t.co/jY634tfWDy
The effects of Executive Order 9066 lasted long after the War Relocation Authority camps closed. But exactly how San Francisco’s Japantown was reshaped by this chapter has been unclear — until now. https://t.co/xieESEYOxk
The effects of Executive Order 9066 lasted long after the War Relocation Authority camps closed. But exactly how San Francisco’s Japantown was reshaped by this shameful chapter has been unclear — until now. https://t.co/MuubNJQgyS
NEW PROJECT DROP: An analysis of new data and archival records shows how the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII devastated San Francisco's Japantown: https://t.co/YIS7PyMQmI
Excellent thread from @sfchronicle data editor @dkopf ⬇️ showing how data journalism unlocked the storytelling in today's huge 1942 Japantown project. Working with Dan and @namisumida and getting a closer look into their world was one of my favorite parts of this collaboration. https://t.co/cpspVYZ7xz
Mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII devastated SF's Japantown. Now we have the data to detail what happened. So much went into this project, but I want to highlight @namisumida painstaking and original data work https://t.co/nZNUggywyy https://t.co/tSZvSKP0u1
Mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII devastated SF's Japantown - what was once a rich, thriving neighborhood for Japanese Americans For the first time, we can visualize how disastrous a 1942 order was on the community @sfchronicle https://t.co/S5F00wXgW9 https://t.co/4lV4vlvpRV
While visitors today know San Francisco's Japantown as a tourist spot, the area was once where ostracized people of Japanese descent went to seek community — because they’d been excluded elsewhere. https://t.co/L0GBbCf9tU
NEW PROJECT: Mass incarceration devastated San Francisco's Japantown. For the first time, we know just how much Tour de force of storytelling, data & visuals by a team headed by @peterhartlaub @namisumida John Blanchard @lea_suzuki @stephzhu_ Gift link: https://t.co/JeKdpbqVJP
For years I was haunted by images in our @sfchronicle archive: a 1942 order exiled every resident of Japanese descent from S.F. But conveying the magnitude seemed futile — until @namisumida unlocked key census data Today we tell the story of Japantown ⬇️ https://t.co/YHPt0ar1BU
Today we published a story we’ve been working on for almost a year. Using newly released U.S. Census data, archival records and fresh interviews, for the first time, we can quantify how San Francisco’s Japantown was devastated by mass incarceration. https://t.co/vh713FTdi3