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*Due to geographic remoteness and periods of self-imposed isolation, the immigration has been comparatively limited. | *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: | *Historian Yukiko Koshiro has identified three historically significant waves of immigration prior to 1945: | ||
{{Block indent|*the 8th-century settlement of '''Korean artists and intellectuals'''; }} | |||
{{Block indent|*the asylum offered to a small number of '''Chinese families''' in the 1600s; and }} | |||
{{Block indent|*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 == | == Japanese Diaspora: Emigration From Japan == | ||
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*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. | *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'''. | ||
{{Block indent|*Brazil has the most: 1.3 million. }} | |||
{{Block indent|*Peru has about 100,000. }} | |||
{{Block indent|*Argentina has about 50,000. }} | |||
{{Block indent|*Mexico is estimated to have 30,000. }} | |||
*Japanese emigration to the '''United States and Canada''' was subject to severe restrictions until after the Second World War. North America today has nearly 1 million Japanese immigrants and people of Japanese descent.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Japan,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1986-2001.</ref> | *Japanese emigration to the '''United States and Canada''' was subject to severe restrictions until after the Second World War. North America today has nearly 1 million Japanese immigrants and people of Japanese descent.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Japan,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1986-2001.</ref> | ||
*'''Japanese diaspora:''' - '''Brazil''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Brazilians (see Japanese Brazilian)], the '''United States''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Americans (see Japanese Americans)], '''Canada''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Canadians (see Japanese Canadian)] and '''the Philippines''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_in_the_Philippines (see Japanese Filipinos)], as well sizable communities in '''Peru''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Peruvians (see Japanese Peruvian)], '''Argentina''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Argentines (see Asian Argentine)], '''Chile''' and '''Ecuador''', and smaller numbers of Japanese in '''Australia, New Zealand, Cuba, Venezuela and Mexico''' are the countries with the highest numbers of Japanese people outside Japan. | *'''Japanese diaspora:''' - '''Brazil''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Brazilians (see Japanese Brazilian)], the '''United States''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Americans (see Japanese Americans)], '''Canada''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Canadians (see Japanese Canadian)] and '''the Philippines''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_in_the_Philippines (see Japanese Filipinos)], as well sizable communities in '''Peru''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Peruvians (see Japanese Peruvian)], '''Argentina''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Argentines (see Asian Argentine)], '''Chile''' and '''Ecuador''', and smaller numbers of Japanese in '''Australia, New Zealand, Cuba, Venezuela and Mexico''' are the countries with the highest numbers of Japanese people outside Japan. | ||
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