Japanese American

Japanese Americans are a group of people who trace their ancestry to Japan or Okinawa and are residents and/or citizens of the United States. Japan is a western Pacific Ocean multi-archipelagic nation east of the China in Asia. Japanese Americans are a subgroup of East-Asian Americans which is further a subgroup of Asian Americans. Okinawa, a former independent nation, was annexed by Japan in the late nineteenth century.

External links

• Embassy of Japan in Washington, DC
• Japanese American Citizens League
• Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Northern California
• Japanese American Cultural Center
• Japanese American Historical Society
• Japanese American Legacy Project
• Japanese American Museum of San Jose
• Japanese American National Museum
• Japanese American Network
• Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives
• Japan-United States Relations 150th Anniversary
• The Asians in America Project - Japanese American Organizations Directory
• J-A Ministry
• History of Christianity of the Japanese Americans