Japanese people

The Japanese (日本人, Nihon-jin) are the native people of the Japanese Archipelago. While most Japanese live on the islands, some emigrated, predominantly to Hawaii, the west coast of the United States and Canada, Latin America (particularly, Brazil), and Russia, (particularly, Sakhalin and Primorsky Krai).

Japanese people abroad

• Issei Japanese, Issei Japanese American: "issei" means 'first generation', referring to the first generation of migrants.
• Nisei Japanese, Nisei Japanese American: "nisei" means 'second generation'.
• Sansei Japanese American: "sansei" means 'third generation'.