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=== Japanese Diaspora === | === Japanese Diaspora === | ||
*Today, there are about 2.5 million Japanese emigrants and people of Japanese descent living in countries around the world. | *Today, there are about 2.5 million Japanese emigrants and people of Japanese descent living in countries around the world. | ||
*The modern waves of Japanese emigration began in 1868, when 153 Japanese journeyed to Hawaii to work on sugar plantations. But the Meiji government prohibited such emigration because these first Japanese migrants were treated like slaves. A new treaty with Hawaii in 1885 provided for better work conditions and three-year contracts and over the next nine years about 29,000 Japanese went to Hawaii to work on sugar plantations. | *The modern waves of Japanese emigration began in 1868, when 153 Japanese journeyed to '''Hawaii''' to work on sugar plantations. But the Meiji government prohibited such emigration because these first Japanese migrants were treated like slaves. | ||
*A new treaty with Hawaii in 1885 provided for better work conditions and three-year contracts and over the next nine years about 29,000 Japanese went to Hawaii to work on sugar plantations. | |||
*In 1899, 790 people left for '''contract work in Peru''', starting a wave of Japanese emigration to Latin America, particularly to '''Brazil'''. There are now roughly 1.5 million Latin Americans of Japanese ancestry, at least half of whom trace their ancestral origins to '''Okinawa prefecture'''. | *In 1899, 790 people left for '''contract work in Peru''', starting a wave of Japanese emigration to Latin America, particularly to '''Brazil'''. There are now roughly 1.5 million Latin Americans of Japanese ancestry, at least half of whom trace their ancestral origins to '''Okinawa prefecture'''. | ||
:*Brazil has the most: 1.3 million. | :*Brazil has the most: 1.3 million. | ||
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==Records of | ==Records of Japanese Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ||
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*[[United States Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[United States Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
**[[Hawaii Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Brazil Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Peru Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Argentina Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Philippines Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Chile Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
| | *[[Ecuador Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
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*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Australia Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[New Zealand Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Cuba Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Venezuela Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Mexico Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Germany Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[Russia Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[South Africa Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
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