Japanese Migration Facts

Where did they come from?

• The Japanese immigrants came from various areas of Japan, especially from Hiroshima, Kumamoto, Yamaguchi, and Fukushima. The Japanese government chose those people to be sent to Hawaii as laborers because those citizens were thought to be more willing to travel and were thought to be better workers.
  
  

Reasons for Migrating

• The Japanese came to the United States with the hope of finding new and better economic opportunities.

• Later on, they were forced to migrate to different internment camps throughout the United States.
             

Where did they settle?

• Many settled in Hawaii but a large number also moved on to settle in California, with a number staying in Northern California.
  
  

What happened as a result of their arrival?

• The first group of immigrants brought plants with them from Japan in hopes of starting new agricultural business, but the plants did not do well in California.
  

• The later increase in Japanese population started to create anti-Japanese feelings because they were taking a lot of the agricultural jobs away from the local people.

• Racist feelings became so bad that during World War Two, Japanese Americans living on the west coast were sent to internment camps simply because of their race. This caused permanent damage to the Japanese community and to the individuals who were sent to the camps. The United States has just started to apologize for this unfair treatment in recent years.

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