In addition, an unspecified sum was paid out of Japanese property held in overseas international locations. May 1949. To that date, whole reparations paid out of assets held inside Japan were 153 million yen, or about $39 million (at 1939 values). Offsetting whole receipts from reparations was a significantly larger sum representing relief and occupation prices of the victors. As in Germany, the collection of reparations was more expensive than expected and their worth to the recipients less th...