Particularly those who identify themselves with that pedigree, also along with those who claim their cultural characteristics. Japanese Americans immigrated to the U.S. in massive amounts for cultural, political, and social changes. Japanese Immigration to the Americas started with the move to Hawaii the first year of the Meiji Period. Japanese Americans was one of the largest
Asian American ethnicities in the 20th century. Since the 2000 census, the amount declined to about 1.3 million including those with mixed race or mixed ethnicity. According to the 2010 census, the largest Japanese American communities are found in California, Hawaii, New York,
Washington, Illinois, and Ohio. Southern California has the largest population of Japanese …show more content…
In 1907, there was an informal agreement named the "Gentlemen's Agreement". This agreement was between the United States and Japan which put a restriction on the immigration of Japanese immigration. The only Japanese who could come to the U.S. were businessmen, students, and spouses of Japanese who was already in the United States not unskilled workers.
The ban on immigration produced generational groups within the Japanese