Constrasting American and Japanese Living Customs

Are we really different? The surface of America and Japan is very different. We are different We educate our young people in various ways. There is a clear contrast between the East and the West, but how is the concept of happiness and happiness? Please carefully consider the evidence explained in "How life is worth living - how Japanese and Americans understand their world". If you look at Gordon Mathews, you can easily understand that these two cultural differences are only superficial.

The contrast between Japanese Americans and South Asian Americans is a symbol of the dramatic change since immigration reform. Japanese Americans are one of the most famous Asian Americans in the 20th century. At the peak of the 1970s nearly 600,000 Japanese Americans made it the largest group, but the greatest immigration period in history was generations. Today, due to the relatively low birth rate and immigration rate, Japanese Americans are only the sixth largest group of Asian Americans. In 2000, there were 1.2 million Japanese Americans from 800 thousand people (depending on whether multi ethnic reactions exist or not). Nikkei Americans are born at home and have the highest percentage of citizenship and American assimilation of values ​​and practices.

In the Pearl Harbor incident, about 125,000 Japanese Americans lived in the mainland of the United States. About 200,000 emigrated to Hawaii, then moved to the US territory. One of the first generation Japanese Americans known as Issei, some people emigrated from Japan, but they are not subject to US citizenship. Approximately 80,000 of them are second generation Americans born and are born in the United States. Many of us retain Japanese identity and culture, but Nisei generally considers itself to be a complete American.

More than two-thirds (nearly 70,000 people) of the Japanese are US citizens. Many other people have lived in this country for 20 to 40 years. Most Japanese Americans, especially Americans born in the United States (Nisei) believe that they are faithful to the United States. Japanese who do not have Japanese or who do not live in the United States are convicted of interference or spying. Italians and German Americans are also subject to these restrictions, including detention. 11,000 German family lines were arrested, 3000 people in Italian family and some Jewish refugees were detained. Because the US government did not distinguish between Jews and Germans, detained Jewish refugees came from Germany (the term "Jewish" was defined as religious activity, not race).