Title: Japanese Americans - Wikipedia
Headings: Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans
Contents
History
Immigration
Internment and redress
Cultural profile
Generations
Languages
Education
Schools for Japanese Americans and Japanese nationals
Religion
Celebrations
Major celebrations in the United States
Politics
Genetics
Risk for inherited diseases
Japanese Americans by state
Alaska
California
Connecticut
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Jersey
New York
Oregon
Virginia
Washington
Neighborhoods and communities
West
Outside the West
Notable people
Politics
Science and technology
Art and literature
Art and architecture
Literature
Music
Sports
Entertainment and media
Works about Japanese Americans
See also
References
Further reading
In Hawaii
External links

Content: Japanese Americans were among the three largest Asian American ethnic communities during the 20th century; but, according to the 2000 census, they have declined in number to constitute the sixth largest Asian American group at around 1,469,637, including those of partial ancestry. According to the 2010 census, the largest Japanese American communities were found in California with 272,528, Hawaii with 185,502, New York with 37,780, Washington with 35,008, Illinois with 17,542, and Ohio with 16,995. Southern California has the largest Japanese American population in North America and the city of Gardena holds the densest Japanese American population in the 48 contiguous states. Contents
1 History
1.1 Immigration
1.2 Internment and redress
2 Cultural profile
2.1 Generations
2.2 Languages
2.3 Education
2.3.1 Schools for Japanese Americans and Japanese nationals
3 Religion
3.1 Celebrations
4 Politics
5 Genetics
5.1 Risk for inherited diseases
6 Japanese Americans by state
6.1 Alaska
6.2 California
6.3 Connecticut
6.4 Georgia
6.5 Hawaii
6.6 Illinois
6.7 Massachusetts
6.8 Michigan
6.9 New Jersey
6.10 New York
6.11 Oregon
6.12 Virginia
6.13 Washington
7 Neighborhoods and communities
7.1 West
7.2 Outside the West
8 Notable people
8.1 Politics
8.2 Science and technology
8.3 Art and literature
8.3.1 Art and architecture
8.3.2 Literature
8.4 Music
8.5 Sports
8.6 Entertainment and media
9 Works about Japanese Americans
10 See also
11 References
12 Further reading
12.1 In Hawaii
13 External links
History
Main articles: Japanese-American history, Japanese-American life before World War II, and Japanese-American life after World War II
Immigration
A street in Seattle's Nihonmachi in 1909
People from Japan began migrating to the US in significant numbers following the political, cultural, and social changes stemming from the Meiji Restoration in 1868. These early Issei immigrants came primarily from small towns and rural areas in the southern Japanese prefectures of Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Kumamoto, and Fukuoka and most of them settled in either Hawaii or along the West Coast. The Japanese population in the United States grew from 148 in 1880 (mostly students) to 2,039 in 1890 and 24,326 by 1900. In 1907, the Gentlemen's Agreement between the governments of Japan and the United States ended immigration of Japanese unskilled workers, but permitted the immigration of businessmen, students and spouses of Japanese immigrants already in the US. Prior to the Gentlemen's Agreement, about seven out of eight ethnic Japanese in the continental United States were men.