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Land use has been a contentious issue in Little Tokyo due to its history, the proximity to the Los Angeles Civic Center, the role of Los Angeles as a site of business between Japan and America, and the increasing influx of residents into the Artist District.

Unlike a traditional ethnic enclave, there are relatively few Japanese residents in the area because of evacuation and internment.

Consequently, Little Tokyo, like other ethnic urban enclaves, is constantly threatened with development that could eradicate it.

Conversely, because the Japanese American community was politicized by the internment and subsequent Redress and Reparations effort, and because of the global and local growth of overseas Japanese investment, Little Tokyo has resisted eradication and has continued to exist as a tourist attraction, community center, and home to Japanese American senior citizens and others.