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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. 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 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. Peru has about 100,000. Argentina has about 50,000. Mexico is estimated to have 30, 000. Japanese immigration 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> | 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. In 1899, 790 people left for contract work in Peru, starting a wave 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. Peru has about 100,000. Argentina has about 50,000. Mexico is estimated to have 30, 000. Japanese immigration 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> | ||
== Emigrant Passenger Lists and Assorted Papers on Emigrant Shipping ''(Ryokaku Meibo to Imin Unsosen Mondai Zakken)'' == | == Emigrant Passenger Lists and Assorted Papers on Emigrant Shipping ''(Ryokaku Meibo to Imin Unsosen Mondai Zakken)'' == | ||
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The Family History Library has all of these records on microfilm. | The Family History Library has all of these records on microfilm. | ||
=== Immigration Records (Passenger Lists and Ship Manifests in the Language of the Port Where They Arrived) [[Image:75th anniv of Japanese emigration to Hawaii.JPG|thumb|right|250x220px | === Immigration Records (Passenger Lists and Ship Manifests in the Language of the Port Where They Arrived) [[Image:75th anniv of Japanese emigration to Hawaii.JPG|thumb|right|250x220px]] === | ||
Immigration records must be searched by locality for lists. For example, search by California, San Francisco – Emigration and immigration records. | Immigration records must be searched by locality for lists. For example, search by California, San Francisco – Emigration and immigration records. | ||