Japanese Caribbean people
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
 Dominican Republic | 1,673[1] |
 Cuba | 1,100[2] |
| Languages | |
| English · Spanish · Japanese | |
| Religion | |
| Buddhism · Shinto · Roman Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Japanese Brazilians · Japanese Peruvians, Asian Caribbeans | |
Figures above are Ministry of Foreign Affairs estimates of the number of local citizens of Japanese descent and do not include Japanese expatriates. | |
Japanese Caribbean people 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.
Sub-groups
[edit]Caribbean Islands:
Mainland Caribbean:
See also
[edit]- Afro-Caribbean people
- Chinese Caribbean people
- Indo-Caribbean people
- White Caribbean people
- Japanese Brazilians
- Japanese Peruvians
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ 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
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