Japanese immigrants
Asian settlers, historically
Japanese immigrants are people who have moved from Japan to settle in another country.
The term often appears in historical contexts discussing migration waves to the Americas, particularly to the United States, Brazil, and Peru from the late 19th century onward.
Japanese immigrants faced discrimination and exclusion laws in many Western countries.
First-generation Japanese immigrants are called Issei in Japanese American communities.
- internmentWartime civilian imprisonment
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- campsTemporary outdoor lodgings
- picture bridesWomen wed through exchanged photographs
- war bridesSpouses from conflict zones
plantation · Hawaii · California · farmworkers · exclusion · citizenship · Nikkei · assimilation · model minority · discrimination · Executive Order 9066 · redress · Little Tokyo · Japantown · fishing · nurseries · tofu · mochi
- Nikkei diasporaNikkei, internment, internment camps
Japanese immigrantsEuropean immigrants
People relocating from Europe
Chinese immigrants · Korean immigrants · Mexican immigrants · Indian immigrants · Vietnamese immigrants
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