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In 1939, the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce merged with the Japanese Merchants Association (Chuo Rengo) and the Honolulu Japanese Contractors Association, and changed its name to the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry. [2] [3] During World War II, many Chamber members were arrested and interned either in Hawaii or on the mainland ...
The Hawaii Federation of Japanese Labor was a labor union in Hawaii formed in 1921. In the early 1900s, Japanese migrants in Hawaii were the majority of plantation workers in the sugar cane field. These individuals were underpaid and overworked, as well as continuously discriminated against by White people on the Hawaiian Islands.
JAM is a trade union representing manufacturing workers in Japan. The union was founded on 9 September 1999, when the Japanese Metal Industrial Workers' Union merged with the National Metal and Machinery Workers' Union. Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to RENGO. The union initially represented about 500,000 members, in 2,200 local or ...
Hawaii Democratic Revolution of 1954; Hawaii Federation of Japanese Labor; Hawaii United Okinawa Association; Japanese loanwords in Hawaii; Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce; Honouliuli National Historic Site; Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii
Jul. 11—Hundreds of senior government officials and business and civic leaders from Japan and Hawaii are expected to attend an inaugural summit celebrating the ties between the two countries ...
Feb. 19—The full recovery of visitor arrivals from Japan, one of Hawaii's most coveted source markets, continues to fall short, and a complete return to 2019 levels could take until 2026. The ...
The Japanese manufacturing industry is heavily dependent on imported raw materials and fuels. [2] Japanese manufacturing and industry is very diversified, with a variety of advanced industries that are highly successful. Industry accounts for 30.1% (2017) of the nation's GDP. [3] The country's manufacturing output is the third highest in the ...
The Japanese in Hawaii (simply Japanese Hawaiians or “Local Japanese”, rarely Kepanī) are the second largest ethnic group in Hawaii. At their height in 1920, they constituted 43% of Hawaii's population. [2] They now number about 16.7% of the islands' population, according to the 2000 U.S. Census. The U.S. Census categorizes mixed-race ...