Civilian Internment Camps in Japan

Source for below material from Enemy Alien Internment by Mayumi Komiya (Tokyo: Yoshikawa Kobun Kan, 2009). December 1941 data compiled from December 1941 issue of Gaiji Geppo (Foreign Affairs Monthly Report), Tokyo, Japan.
As of December 1941, there were 2,138 civilians of Allied nations in Japan -- 1,044 Americans, 690 British, 188 Canadians, 109 Dutch, 41 Australians, 38 Belgians, 19 Norwegians, and 9 Greeks (General Conditions of External Police Affairs, Mid-1941, Vol. 1). Total Allied civilian internees of the Japanese estimated to be 132,895 (50,740 men, 41,895 women, 40,260 children), of these, 15,000 deaths (Bernice Archer, The Internment of Western Civilians Under the Japanese, 2004).
A total of 152 Allied civilians, including 76 from internment camps, left Japan aboard the first exchange ship, the Asama Maru, on June 17, 1942. On July 30, 1942, 60 British internees left on the 2nd exchange ship, the Tatsuta Maru. A group of 73 internees boarded the 3rd exchange ship, the Teia Maru, on Sept. 13, 1943.
Figures do not include Japanese-Americans (Nisei), who, in accordance with wartime directives issued by Japan's Ministry of Home Affairs, were to be treated as Japanese nationals. Approximately 20,000 Nisei were living in Japan in 1940 (Zaibei Nihonjinshi, 1940). According to an estimate by the U.S. Consulate in Yokohama, some 15,000 Nisei were residing in Japan at the end of the war, 10,000 of whom were eligible to return to the United States (Rafu Shimpo, March 22, 1947). See Were We The Enemy? by Rinjiro Sodei for further information.

Prefecture	Name	Location	Type and Number of Internees				Deaths
Prefecture	Name	Location	Dec. 1941		January to August 1945		Deaths
Hokkaido	Souseikan Branch Office	27 Kaigan-cho, Muroran	British	1
	Angels Hospital	Higashi 3-chome, Kita Ju-ichi-joh, Sapporo	Norwegian	1
	Budojo Martial Arts Hall	37 Shimizu-cho, Otaru			Aleuts from Attu	25	20
Aomori	Aomori Catholic Church	85 Hama-cho, Aomori	Canadian	4
Aomori	Aomori Catholic Church	85 Hama-cho, Aomori	Dutch	1
Akita	Yokote Church of Christ	Yokka-machi, Yokote, Hiraka-gun	American	1
	Catholic Church	Kemanai, Towada-cho, Kazuno-gun			Italian Embassy personnel and families	48	0
	Tateai Industry Association	52 Usui, Omonogawa-cho, Hiraka-gun			Women, children, elderly from Yokohama	27	6
					British	17
					American	4
					Dutch	3
					Greek	2
					Norwegian	1
Iwate	Zenrin-kan	71 Kawara-koji, Osawa, Morioka	American	3
			Canadian	4
			Belgian	6
	St. Dominic Convent	Dai-11 Jiwari, Ueda, Morioka			French and German nuns	8	unk
Miyagi	Mototerakoji Church	161 Mototerakoji, Sendai	American	11
			British	2
			Canadian	40
	Kakugorocho Church	8, Kita-Gojunin-cho, Sendai			Indonesians from captured Dutch vessel, Op ten Noort	35	1
	Tatamiya-cho Church	31 Tatamiya-cho, Sendai			Canadian nuns	26	0
Fukushima	Catholic Church	3 Karino, Fukushima	Canadian	1
	Notre Dame Convent	12 Hanazono-cho, Fukushima			Passengers from captured British vessel "Nanking," etc.	139	4
	St. Terejia Dormitory	Sakae-cho, Aizu-Wakamatsu			Canadian nuns	4	0
Toyama	Takaoka High School of Commerce, Teacher’s Residence	759 Nakagawa, Takaoka	British	1
Ishikawa	Hall No. 14	3-14 Shiritarisaka-dori, Kanazawa	American	1
			British	1
			Canadian	1
Gunma	Evangelical Mission Church	445 Hyakken-cho, Maebashi	British	3
Gunma	Evangelical Mission Church	445 Hyakken-cho, Maebashi	Canadian	2
Tochigi		1129 Matsugamine-cho, Utsunomiya	Canadian	1
Ibaraki	Mito Catholic Church	1253 Goken-cho, Mito	Canadian	1
Nagano	Manpei Hotel, Miyama-so Resort, etc.	Karuizawa			Evacuation district for citizens of neutral and Axis nations (Swiss, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, etc.). After German surrender, over 200 German families and other citizens of former Axis nations were living here.
Saitama		1-6-chome, Tokiwa-cho, Urawa	Canadian	2
	St. Francisco Convent	563 Kami-kizaki, Urawa			Catholic priests, Japan-resident men	56	0
					American	3
					British	10
					Canadian	31
					Greek	7
					Belgian	3
					Dutch	2
Tokyo	Sumire Girls High School of Home Economics	Tamagawa Denenchofu, Setagaya-ku	American	13
			British	9
			Canadian	5
			Australian	1
			Dutch	5
			Belgian	2
			Honduras	1
	Holy Mother Hospital	2-670 Ochiai, Yodobashi-ku			Nuns, Japan-resident women	36	0
	Nihon Women's College Gymnasium	Mejirodai, Bunkyo-ku			German Jews, etc.	18	0
Kanagawa	Yokohama Racecourse	29 Negishi-minosawa, Naka-ku, Yokohama (Total = 59)	American	24
	Yokohama Yacht Club	3-7 Shin-Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama (Total = 34)	British	47
			Canadian	1
			Dutch	3
			Greek	13
			Norwegian	3
			Russian	2
	Internment Camp No. 1	Uchiyama, Kita-Ashigara-mura, Ashigara-kami-gun			Catholic priests, Japan-resident men	44	6
					American	5
					British	23
					Greek	3
					Canadian	13
	Internment Camp No. 2	4573 Izumi-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama			Australian nurses	19	0
	Fujiya Hotel, Hakone Park Hotel, etc.	Hakone			Evacuation district for citizens of neutral and Axis nations (Swiss, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, etc.). Total = 1,194 (Aug. 1945)*
Shizuoka		2852 Takamatsu-shikichi, Shizuoka	American	3
Mie	Catholic Church	2058 Nishiboribata-cho, Tsu	American	1
Mie	Japan Church of Christ	17 Miyajiri-cho, Uji-Yamada	American	1
Shiga		Mukaihata, Baba, Otsu	American	4
Shiga		Mukaihata, Baba, Otsu	Dutch	1
Kyoto	Catholic Church	Kawara-3-jo Kudaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto	American	4
			Canadian	1
			Belgian	1
Osaka	Sanuki Hotel	1-25 Kita-horie Kami-dori, Nishi-ku, Osaka	American	2
			British	2
			Japanese	1
Aichi	Kosai-ji Temple	Ishigase, Ishino-mura, Nishi-kamo-gun			Italian civilians	15	0
Aichi	Kotaku-ji Temple	Ishigase, Ishino-mura, Nishi-kamo-gun			Dutch electrical technicians and families	21	1
Nara	Catholic Church	10 Nobori-Ohji-cho, Nara	American	1
Hyogo	Canadian Academy ----- Eastern Lodge	Aotani-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe (Total = 35) ----- 1-24 Kitano-cho, Kobe-ku, Kobe (Total = 9)	American	6
			British	25
			Dutch	8
			Belgian	1
			Greek	1
			Guatemalan	2
			Unknown	1
	Chikuba Gakuen School for the Handicapped	Futatabi-san, Fukiai-ku, Kobe			Americans from Guam, Japan-resident Americans and British	163	12
Okayama	Seishin Girls High School	260 Kami-ifuku, Okayama	American	11
Okayama	Seishin Girls High School	260 Kami-ifuku, Okayama	British	1
Hiroshima	Aiko Health Facility	1741-1 Miyoshi-cho, Futami-gun	American	1
			British	3
			Belgian	3
			Malayan	1
			Russian	6
	Aiko Health Facility	1741-1 Miyoshi-cho, Futami-gun			Nurses and medical officers from captured Dutch vessel, Op ten Noort	44	0
Shimane		80 Kitabori-cho, Matsue	American	1
Fukuoka	Catholic Seminary	49 Ohori-cho, Fukuoka	Canadian	4
	Fukuoka Catholic Bishop's Residence	39 Josui-dori, Fukuoka	French	4
	Mt. Hiko Monastery	1432 Hiko, Soeda-cho, Tagawa-gun			French and Italian nuns and priests	28	0
Saga	Inn (in front of Kiyomizu-dera Temple gate)	Kiyomizu, Ogi-gun			Japan-resident French, Portuguese, etc.	21	0
Nagasaki	Holy Mary Academy	Shiroyama-cho, Nagasaki	American	5
			British	4
			Canadian	6
			Dutch	4
			Belgian	2
	Holy Mother Knights Theological College	196 Hongouchi-cho, Nagasaki			Nuns, Japan-resident women and married couples	41	0
Kumamoto		1047 Takahamamura-kou, Amakusa-gun	British	1
		345 Hisatama-mura, Amakusa-gun	Dutch	1
	Nazareth Child Welfare Institution	84 Naga-machi, Yatsushiro	Belgian	1
	Oyama Inn	Tochinoki, Choyo-mura, Aso-gun			Polish nuns and priests, etc.	38	0
					French	12
					Italian	11
					Polish	10
					German	2
					Spanish	1
					Czechoslovakian	1
					Yugoslavian	1
TOTALS:	British=100; American=93; Canadian=73: Dutch=23; Belgian=16; Greek=14; Other=23			342		856	50

* After Germany surrendered on May 8, 1945, some 3,000 resident Germans throughout Japan became enemy aliens and lived quietly in areas such as Karuizawa, Hakone, Yamanashi and Kobe for the next 3 months. Italians had already become enemy aliens in Sept. 1943, two months after Italy surrendered to the Allies.

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