 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kupinda kwechiChinese muCalifornia kwakakura mukati meGold Rush ya1852, asi hurumende yeJapan yakanga yakaoma yaishandisa mitemo yokuparadzanisa iyo yakavhiringidza kutama kwechiJapan. Kwakanga kusati kuri kutozosvikira muna 1868 apo hurumende yeJapan yakaderedza ganhuriro uye kuti kutama kwechiJapan kuenda kuUnited States kwakavamba. Manzwiro okurwisana neChina akakurudzira vanamuzvinabhizimisi veAmerica kuti vatore vashandi vokuJapan. Muna 1885, vashandi vokutanga vokuJapan vakasvika muUmambo hweHawaii, hwakanga hwazvimirira panguva iyoyo. 