Title: History of Japanese Americans - Wikipedia
Headings: History of Japanese Americans
History of Japanese Americans
Contents
Japanese American history before World War II
Immigration
Anti-Japanese sentiment
Farming
Internment
World War II service
Post-World War II and redress
Timeline
See also
References
Further reading

Content: History of Japanese Americans - Wikipedia
History of Japanese Americans
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history of ethnic Japanese in the United States
Japanese Day parade in Seattle, during the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition of 1909
Japanese American history is the history of Japanese Americans or the history of ethnic Japanese in the United States. People from Japan began immigrating to the U.S. in significant numbers following the political, cultural, and social changes stemming from the 1868 Meiji Restoration. Large-scale Japanese immigration started with immigration to Hawaii during the first year of the Meiji period in 1868. Contents
1 Japanese American history before World War II
1.1 Immigration
1.2 Anti-Japanese sentiment
2 Farming
3 Internment
4 World War II service
5 Post-World War II and redress
6 Timeline
7 See also
8 References
9 Further reading
Japanese American history before World War II
Main article: Japanese-American life before World War II
Immigration
Significant Japanese immigration to the United States did not begin until the late nineteenth century. However, there is evidence to suggest that the first Japanese individual to land in North America was a young boy accompanying Francisican friar, Martín Ignacio Loyola, in October 1587, whilst on Loyola's second circumnavigation trip around the world. Japanese castaways Oguri Jukichi and Otokichi are among the first Japanese citizens known to have reached present day California and Washington in the early nineteenth century. Japan emerged from isolation following Commodore Matthew Perry's expedition to Japan, where he successfully negotiated a treaty opening Japan to American trade. Further developments included the start of direct shipping between San Francisco and Japan in 1855 and established official diplomatic relations in 1860. Japanese immigration to the United States was mostly economically motivated.