Japanese Americans

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diaspora community ethnic group

Japanese Americans are U.S. residents and citizens of Japanese ancestry, many of whose families immigrated from Japan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and who have played a significant cultural, economic, and political role, especially on the West Coast and in Hawaii.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Japanese American	1
Nisei	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diaspora community ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
advocacyOrganization	Japanese American Citizens League ⓘ
ancestralOrigin	Japan ⓘ
apologyLaw	Civil Liberties Act of 1988 ⓘ
citizenshipStatus	many are U.S. citizens by birth ⓘ some are naturalized U.S. citizens ⓘ
contributedTo	American arts ⓘ American cuisine ⓘ American politics ⓘ American science and technology ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalFestival	Cherry Blossom Festival (San Francisco) ⓘ Honolulu Festival ⓘ Nisei Week ⓘ
culturalInstitution	Japanese American National Museum ⓘ
demographicCategory	Asian American ⓘ surface form: Asian Americans
diasporaRelation	Japanese diaspora ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ retail trade ⓘ small business ownership ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Japanese ⓘ
haveFaced	alien land laws ⓘ anti-Asian discrimination ⓘ racial segregation ⓘ
historicalEvent	Japanese American internment ⓘ
immigrationWave	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
internmentPeriod	World War II ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
majorPopulationCenter	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Hawaii ⓘ Honolulu, Hawaii, United States ⓘ surface form: Honolulu Los Angeles ⓘ New York City ⓘ Oregon ⓘ San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ Washington ⓘ surface form: Washington (state)
militaryService	World War II ⓘ
militaryUnit	100th Infantry Battalion ⓘ 442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ
notableCourtCase	Ex parte Endo ⓘ Hirabayashi v. United States ⓘ Korematsu v. United States ⓘ
receivedApologyFrom	United States government ⓘ
relatedGroup	Japanese Brazilians ⓘ Japanese Canadians ⓘ Nikkei ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Shinto ⓘ
subgroup	Issei ⓘ Japanese Americans self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nisei Sansei ⓘ Yonsei ⓘ
traditionalOrganization	Japanese American Citizens League ⓘ
wereInternedBy	United States government ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japanese American internment → appliesToDemographicGroup → Japanese Americans ⓘ

Little Tokyo, Los Angeles → demographicGroup → Japanese Americans ⓘ

Asian American literature → ethnicFocus → Japanese Americans ⓘ

Ellison Onizuka → ethnicGroup → Japanese Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese American

Manzanar National Historic Site → hasEthnicFocus → Japanese Americans ⓘ

Hawaii → hasEthnicGroup → Japanese Americans ⓘ

Asian American movement → hasParticipant → Japanese Americans ⓘ

Japanese Americans → subgroup → Japanese Americans self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nisei