Japanese Caribbeans

Summary

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, and Jamaica.

Japanese Caribbeans
Regions with significant populations
 Dominican Republic1,673[1]
 Cuba1,100[2]
Languages
English · Spanish · Japanese
Religion
Buddhism · Shinto · Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Japanese Brazilians · Japanese Peruvians

Figures above are Ministry of Foreign Affairs estimates of the number of local citizens of Japanese descent and do not include Japanese expatriates.

Sub-groups edit

Caribbean Islands:

Mainland Caribbean:

See also edit

References edit

  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 edit

  • 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", in Font, Mauricio A.; Arias, John (eds.), A Changing Cuba in a Changing World (PDF), New York: Bildner Center, pp. 430–446, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-05