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Ben Kuroki (1917–2015), the only Japanese-American Army Air Force pilot to fly combat missions in the Pacific theater in World War II; Susan K. Mashiko, major general (two stars) United States Air Force, November 2009–present
This category page lists notable citizens of the United States of Japanese ethnic or national origin or descent, whether partial or full. See also the related Category:Japanese-American history . Contents
Japanese variety shows in particular have a reputation for being surreal and overly cruel. [4] Japanese game shows have been parodied on the Saturday Night Live sketch Quiz Kings and in The Simpsons episode Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo. The American television network ABC produced a series titled I Survived a Japanese Game Show based on Japanese ...
Stereotypes of East Asians in the United States are ethnic stereotypes found in American society about first-generation immigrants and their American-born descendants and citizenry with East Asian ancestry or whose family members who recently emigrated to the United States from East Asia, as well as members of the Chinese diaspora whose family members emigrated from Southeast Asian countries.
The list includes Issei (一世, "first generation") Japanese-born immigrants from Japan, and those who are multigenerational Japanese Americans.Cities considered to have significant Japanese American populations are large U.S. cities or municipalities with a critical mass of at least 1.0% of the total urban population; medium-sized cities with a critical mass of at least 2.0% of the total ...
Japanese Americans (Japanese: 日系アメリカ人) are Americans of Japanese ancestry. Japanese Americans were among the three largest Asian American ethnic communities during the 20th century; but, according to the 2000 census, they have declined in ranking to constitute the sixth largest Asian American group at around 1,469,637, including those of partial ancestry.
The children of these Japanese Brazilian (Nipo-brasileiros) immigrants would be called Nisei.Although the earliest organized group of Japanese emigrants left Japan centuries ago, and a later group settled in Mexico in 1897, [1] the four largest populations of Japanese immigrants and their descendants live in Brazil, Canada, Peru, and the United States.
The Japanese-American and Japanese-Canadian communities have themselves distinguished their members with terms like issei, nisei, and sansei, which describe the first, second and third generation of immigrants. [9] The fourth generation is called yonsei (四世) and the fifth is called gosei (五世).