Nikkei

E94867

Nikkei are people of Japanese descent living outside Japan, particularly in the Americas and other parts of the Japanese diaspora.


Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diaspora community
ethnic group
hasAlternativeName Nikkei diaspora
Nikkei jin
hasCharacteristic descended from Japanese emigrants
maintains aspects of Japanese culture abroad
often bilingual or multilingual
hasConceptualScope includes both Japanese immigrants and their descendants born abroad
hasCountryOfOrigin Japan
hasEthnicOrigin Japanese
hasEtymologyFrom kei
Japan
surface form: "nihon"
hasEtymologyLanguage Japanese language
hasLanguage English language
Japanese language
Portuguese language
Spanish language NERFINISHED
hasMajorRegion Americas
Asia NERFINISHED
Caribbean
Central America
Europe
North America NERFINISHED
Oceania
South America NERFINISHED
hasRelatedGroup Japanese Americans NERFINISHED
Japanese Brazilians
Japanese Canadians
Japanese Peruvians
Japanese people
Yamato people
hasReligion Buddhism
Christianity
Shinto
hasSignificantPopulationIn Argentina NERFINISHED
Australia
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
France
Germany NERFINISHED
Hawaii NERFINISHED
Mexico NERFINISHED
Paraguay NERFINISHED
Peru NERFINISHED
Philippines NERFINISHED
Thailand
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
Venezuela
isDefinedAs people of Japanese descent living outside Japan
isPartOf Japanese diaspora
isSubjectOf studies of migration and diaspora
isUsedSince late 20th century

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