Japanese Americans

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Japanese Americans are U.S. residents and citizens of Japanese ancestry, many of whose families immigrated from Japan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and who have played a significant cultural, economic, and political role, especially on the West Coast and in Hawaii.

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AI-generated illustration of Japanese Americans

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Japanese Americans (Japanese Americans are U.S. residents and citizens of Japanese ancestry, many of whose families immigrated from Japan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and who have played a significant cultural, economic, and political role, especially on the West Coast and in Hawaii.)

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How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
advocacyOrganization Japanese American Citizens League ⓘ
ancestralOrigin Japan ⓘ
apologyLaw Civil Liberties Act of 1988 ⓘ
citizenshipStatus many are U.S. citizens by birth ⓘ
some are naturalized U.S. citizens ⓘ
contributedTo American arts ⓘ
American cuisine ⓘ
American politics ⓘ
American science and technology ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalFestival Cherry Blossom Festival (San Francisco) ⓘ
Honolulu Festival ⓘ
Nisei Week ⓘ
culturalInstitution Japanese American National Museum ⓘ
demographicCategory Asian Americans ⓘ
linked to: Asian American
diasporaRelation Japanese diaspora ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
retail trade ⓘ
small business ownership ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Japanese ⓘ
haveFaced alien land laws ⓘ
anti-Asian discrimination ⓘ
racial segregation ⓘ
historicalEvent Japanese American internment ⓘ
immigrationWave early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
internmentPeriod World War II ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
majorPopulationCenter California ⓘ
Hawaii ⓘ
Honolulu ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
Washington (state) ⓘ
linked to: Washington
militaryService World War II ⓘ
militaryUnit 100th Infantry Battalion ⓘ
442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ
notableCourtCase Ex parte Endo ⓘ
Hirabayashi v. United States ⓘ
Korematsu v. United States ⓘ
receivedApologyFrom United States government ⓘ
relatedGroup Japanese Brazilians ⓘ
Japanese Canadians ⓘ
Nikkei ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Shinto ⓘ
subgroup Issei ⓘ
Nisei ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Americans

Sansei ⓘ
Yonsei ⓘ
traditionalOrganization Japanese American Citizens League ⓘ
wereInternedBy United States government ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (71)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hawaii → hasEthnicGroup → Japanese Americans ⓘ
Japanese Americans → subgroup → Nisei ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Americans
Ellison Onizuka → ethnicGroup → Japanese American ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Americans
Asian American movement → hasParticipant → Japanese Americans ⓘ
Asian American literature → ethnicFocus → Japanese Americans ⓘ
Little Tokyo, Los Angeles → demographicGroup → Japanese Americans ⓘ
Nikkei → hasRelatedGroup → Japanese Americans ⓘ
Japanese Canadians → relatedGroup → Japanese Americans ⓘ
100th Infantry Battalion → ethnicComposition → Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans) ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Americans
Sansei → isDescendedFrom → Nisei ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Americans
Sansei → hasDemonym → Japanese American ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Americans
Sansei → followsGeneration → Nisei ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Americans
Sansei → sharesAncestryWith → Nisei ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Americans
Sansei → hasRelatedTerm → Nisei ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Americans
Sansei → isPartOf → Japanese Americans ⓘ
Japanese Cemetery (Colma, California) → ethnicCommunityServed → Japanese Americans ⓘ
subject linked to: Japanese Cemetery
Yamato people → diaspora → Japanese Americans ⓘ
Torrance → hasEthnicCommunity → Japanese Americans ⓘ
War Relocation Authority → targetedEthnicGroup → Japanese Americans ⓘ
Zoot Suit Riots → victim → Japanese Americans ⓘ
Jake Shimabukuro → ethnicOrigin → Japanese American ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Americans
Topaz Museum → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Japanese Americans ⓘ
Sawtelle, Los Angeles → ethnicCommunity → Japanese Americans ⓘ
Mako → ethnicGroup → Japanese American ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Americans
Louis Ozawa Changchien → ethnicGroup → Japanese American ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Americans
Frank H. Ono → ethnicGroup → Japanese American ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Americans
Namiko Love Browner → ethnicGroup → Japanese American ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Americans
Mitsuye Endo → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Japanese Americans ⓘ
Heart Mountain Relocation Center → inmates → Japanese Americans ⓘ
Minidoka War Relocation Center → inmates → Japanese Americans ⓘ
Granada War Relocation Center → confined → Japanese Americans ⓘ
Gosei → contrastedWith → Nisei ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Americans
Gosei → hasRelatedTerm → Nisei ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Americans
Executive Order 9066 → primaryTargetGroup → Japanese Americans ⓘ
Public Law 503 → targetedPopulationInPractice → Japanese Americans ⓘ
Tule Lake Segregation Center → inmatesIncluded → Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans) ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Americans
Japanese American redress movement → focusesOn → Nisei ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Americans
Yasui v. United States → affectedGroup → Japanese Americans ⓘ
Go For Broke Monument in Los Angeles → dedicatedTo → Japanese American veterans of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Americans
Personal Justice Denied → focusesOn → Japanese Americans ⓘ