Japanese Caribbeans

Japanese Caribbeans
Regions with significant populations
 Dominican Republic 1,673[1]
 Cuba 1,100[2]
Languages
Spanish  · English  · Japanese
Religion
Buddhism · Shinto · Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Japanese Colombian  · Japanese Mexican
Figures above are Ministry of Foreign Affairs estimates of the number of local citizens of Japanese descent, and do not include Japanese expatriates.

Japanese Caribbeans are people of Japanese ethnic origin living in the Caribbean. There are small but significant populations of Japanese people and their descendants living in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands.

Sub-groups

Caribbean Islands:

Mainland Caribbean:

See also

References

  1. ↑ キューバ共和国基礎データ [Cuba basic data], Japan: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, October 2013, retrieved 2014-10-03
  2. ↑ ドミニカ共和国基礎データ [Dominican Republic basic data], Japan: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, October 2013, retrieved 2014-10-03

Further reading

  • Masterson, Daniel M; Funada-Classen, Sayaka (2003), The Japanese in Latin America, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, ISBN 978-0-252-07144-7
  • Peguero, Valentina (2005), Colonización y política: los japoneses y otros inmigrantes en la República Dominicana, Santo Domingo: BanReservas, ISBN 978-99934-940-4-1
  • Tokota, Ryan Masaaki (2008), "Japanese and Okinawan Cubans" (PDF), in Font, Mauricio A.; Arias, John, A Changing Cuba in a Changing World (PDF), New York: Bildner Center, pp. 430–446, Archived from the original on 2012-03-05


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.