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== Online Records == | == Online Records == | ||
*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/ UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | |||
*'''1887-1934''' [http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/fhc/Japan/index.asp Japanese Immigrants to the United States, 1887-1924], index. | |||
*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel+%26+migration&sid=101&destinationcountry=japan Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at Findmypast - index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Japan | |||
*'''1892-1924''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.anyPlace=japan&q.anyPlace.exact=on&f.collectionId=1368704&count=20&offset=0&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924] Search results for Japan | |||
*'''1893-1941''' {{RecordSearch|1803988|Japan Passenger Lists, 1893-1941}} at FamilySearch - [[Japan Passenger Lists - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index only | |||
*'''1899-1944''' [https://opl.okinawan-migration.com/opl/opl.php?lang=EN/ Okinawan Emigrants], 28 destination countries. | |||
*'''1946-1971''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61704/ Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971] Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries. | |||
*[https://immigrantships.net/index.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild] Choose a volume and then choose Japan under "Listed by Port of Departure" or "Listed by Port of Arrival". | |||
===British Overseas Subjects=== | |||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=japan British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Japan], index & images ($) | |||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=japan British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Japan], index & images ($) | |||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] at Findmypast - index & images ($) | |||
==Finding the Town of Origin in Japan== | |||
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Japan, see [[Japan Finding Town of Origin|'''Japan Finding Town of Origin''']] for additional research strategies. | |||
==Japan Emigration and Immigration== | |||
<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''"Emigration"''' means moving out of a country. '''"Immigration"''' means moving into a country. </span><br> | |||
Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups. | |||
[[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]] | |||
=== Japanese Diaspora | ==Immigration to Japan== | ||
*During the 16th century, Portuguese traders and Jesuit missionaries reached Japan for the first time, initiating direct commercial and cultural exchange between Japan and the West. <ref>"Japan", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan, accessed 3 July 2021.</ref> | |||
*Due to geographic remoteness and periods of self-imposed isolation, the immigration has been comparatively limited. | |||
*Historian Yukiko Koshiro has identified three historically significant waves of immigration prior to 1945: | |||
:*the 8th-century settlement of '''Korean artists and intellectuals'''; | |||
:*the asylum offered to a small number of '''Chinese families''' in the 1600s; and | |||
:*the forced immigration of up to 670,000 '''Korean and Chinese laborers''' during the Second World War.<ref>"Immigration to Japan," in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Japan, accessed 3 July 2021.</ref> | |||
== Japanese Diaspora: Emigration From Japan == | |||
*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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== Japanese Passenger Lists== | == Japanese Passenger Lists== | ||
*'''1893-1941''' | *'''1893-1941''' {{RecordSearch|1803988|Japan Passenger Lists, 1893-1941}} at FamilySearch - [[Japan Passenger Lists - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index only | ||
This collection contains a list of Japanese emigrants from the country as recorded by the Diplomatic Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. The records are from an index of overseas travelers processed through Japanese emigration agents and related immigration papers for the years 1893-1941. | This collection contains a list of Japanese emigrants from the country as recorded by the Diplomatic Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. The records are from an index of overseas travelers processed through Japanese emigration agents and related immigration papers for the years 1893-1941. | ||
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=== What Can these Records Tell Me? === | === What Can these Records Tell Me? === | ||
The following information may be found in these records: | The following information may be found in these records: | ||
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*Destination Place | *Destination Place | ||
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===Help Reading Japanese Records=== | |||
*[[Japan Languages]] | |||
* [[Japanese Genealogical Word List]] | |||
* [https://www.fluentin3months.com/core-japanese-words/ 101 Core and Commonly Used Japanese Words - Fluent in 3 months] | |||
* [https://cotoacademy.com/top-100-basic-japanese-words/ Top 100 Basic Japanese Words - Coto Japanese Academy] | |||
*[https://www.google.com/search?q=japanese+translators&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS809US810&oq=japanese+translators&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i457j0l4j0i22i30l2j0i10i22i30j0i22i30.13383j1j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Japanese Translation Services Listed on Google] | |||
==Records of Japanese Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | |||
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|<span style="color:DarkViolet">One option is to look for records about the ancestor in the '''country of destination, the country they immigrated into'''. See links to Wiki articles about immigration records for '''major''' destination countries below. Additional Wiki articles for other destinations can be found at [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:Emigration_and_Immigration_Records '''Category:Emigration and Immigration Records'''.] </span> | |||
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*[[United States Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
**[[Hawaii Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[Brazil Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[Peru Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[Argentina Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[Philippines Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[Chile Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[Ecuador Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
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*[[Australia Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[New Zealand Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[Cuba Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[Venezuela Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[Mexico Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[Germany Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[Russia Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[South Africa Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
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== References == | == References == | ||