Title: Japanese Americans - Wikipedia
Headings: Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans
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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: Because no new immigrants from Japan were permitted after 1924, almost all pre-World War II Japanese Americans born after this time were born in the United States. This generation, the Nisei, became a distinct cohort from the Issei generation in terms of age, citizenship, and English-language ability, in addition to the usual generational differences. Institutional and interpersonal racism led many of the Nisei to marry other Nisei, resulting in a third distinct generation of Japanese Americans, the Sansei. Significant Japanese immigration did not occur again until the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 ended 40 years of bans against immigration from Japan and other countries. In the last few decades, immigration from Japan has been more like that from Europe. The numbers involve on average 5 to 10 thousand per year, and is similar to the amount of immigration to the US from Germany. This is in stark contrast to the rest of Asia, where better opportunity of life is the primary impetus for immigration. Internment and redress
Main articles: Internment of Japanese Americans and Japanese American redress and court cases
Families of Japanese ancestry being removed from Los Angeles during World War II
During World War II, an estimated 120,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese nationals or citizens residing on the West Coast of the United States were forcibly interned in ten different camps across the Western United States. The internment was based on the race or ancestry, rather than the activities of the interned.