JAPANESE MIGRATION

Japanese Migration to Hawaii

Abstract

In this study we try to explore the concept of “Japanese Migration to Hawaii” in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on “Japanese Migration” and its relation with “Hawaii and its development”. The research also analyzes many aspects of “Japanese Migration” and tries to gauge its effect on “the economic development of Hawaii”. Finally the research describes various factors which are responsible for “Japanese Migration to Hawaii” and tries to describe the overall effect of “migration of the people of Japan” on “Japanese Migration to Hawaii”.

Table of Contents

Abstractii

Japanese Migration to Hawaii1

Introduction1

Background of the Research1

Thesis Statement2

Significance of the Study2

Japanese Migration2

Cultural traditions prevalent among Japanese masses3

Historic trends and movements4

Settlements in Hawaii8

Foreign-Born Population10

Recommendations and Future Research11

References13

Japanese Migration to Hawaii

Introduction

For the purpose, and objective of understanding and comprehending the whereabouts of how can an individual keep track and pave way for highlighting the past trends that have prevailed during the migration of Japanese masses to the United States, particularly the state of Hawaii.

Background of the Research

Two main reasons has been identified in migration literature for this under representation of theoretical and empirical work on family migration and the consideration of family as less significant to the labor market. The first relates to the predominately economic theory focus of migration studies that takes the human capital approach and looks at the economic outcomes of migration based on the individual whereas family constitutes a private space whose activities are not measurable in economic terms. As a result, there has been less concern with the non-economic aspects of family migration such as family formation, marriage or quality of life. This concentration on the economic aspect of family migration has led observers to debate the rigor of these established theoretical understandings. Second, there has been an increasing interest in the gendered approach of migration and family has been considered as a secondary type of migration where female dependants join the male “primary” migrant.

Thesis Statement

For this paper, our thesis statement shall be 'highlighting the impacts of Japanese Migration into Hawaii'.

Significance of the Study

With conducting the study, we shall be successful the core factors as to what were the reasons that made people go through dramatic placements into the United States of America, particularly the state of Hawaii and that what treatments have been prevailed with these migrants and how have they survived their times spent in the state of Hawaii after their departure from Japan.

Japanese Migration

For most of the 20th century, Japanese Americans formed the largest Asian ethnic group in the United States. According to the 2000 U.S. census and the 2001 Canadian census, 1,148,932 Americans and 85,230 Canadians claimed Japanese descent (Bartel, 1989). Although many Japanese immigrants came to the United States as laborers, by the 1960s they had largely moved out of ethnic neighborhoods and into the American mainstream. In 2000, they were still highly concentrated in California and on the West Coast, though they were increasingly dispersing throughout the country. More than 40 percent of Japanese Canadians live ...