The internment<span> of </span>Japanese Americans<span> in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration in camps in the interior of the country of between 110,000 and 120,000 people of </span>Japanese<span>ancestry who lived on the Pacific </span>coast<span>. Sixty-two percent of the internees </span>were<span> United States citizens. hope this helps</span>