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citizens and residents who claim Japanese ancestry. Japanese people first arrived in the 1870s (despite a ban on emigration in place until 1886). During the late 19th and early 20th centuries Japanese migrants played a prominent role in the pearl industry of north-western Australia. By 1911, the Japanese population while small groups had grown to approximately 3,500 people. With the outbreak of war in the Pacific in 1941, most Japanese in Australia were interned and then deported when the war ended. At the end of the war only 74 Japanese citizens and their children were permitted to remain in Australia. Not until the 1970s did the Japanese population recover to the levels at the start of the 20th century. As of 2011, of Australia's 35,378 Japan-born residents, more than 65% had arrived from the mid-1990s onwards. According to a global survey conducted at the end of 2013, Australia was the most popular country for Japanese people to live in.

History

The first person from Japan to settle in Australia was recorded in 1871. Japanese only began to emigrate en masse in the 1880s following the lifting of restrictions. In Australia, the ''Immigration Restriction Act 1901'' temporarily prevented more Japanese from migrating, but subsequent exemptions to the dictation test were applied to Japanese people mitigating restrictions. Japanesegraves wa

In Australia from the late 19th and early 20th Century many worked as pearlers in Northern Australia or in the

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industry in Queensland. They were particularly prominent in the Western Australian

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town of Broome, where until the Second World War they were the largest ethnic group. Several streets of Broome have Japanese names, the town has one of the largest Japanese cemeteries outside Japan and the

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Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin contained many Japanese words. Between December 1941 and September 1945, Australia and Japan were at war. On July 28, 1941, Australian military intelligence indicated that there were 1139 Japanese living in Australia and 36 in Australian-controlled territories. Under the guise of national security, 1141 Japanese civilians (almost the entire population) living in Australia were interned for up to six years throughout WWII. An additional 3160 Japanese civilians arrested in allied countries across the Asia-Pacific Region were also interned in Australia on a user-pay basis; this included 600 Formosans (Taiwanese). An unknown number of

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were arrested as Japanese and carried Japanese names. The internment of Japanese in Australia was more racial than political, with Japanese being "evacuated" from their hometowns "for their own good" (i.e., to prevent racist attacks against them by non-Japanese). Several months after the cessation of hostilities, all ethnic-Japanese internees who did not possess Australian nationality were repatriated to

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, regardless of the locations of their previous abodes, whilst all ethnic-Formosans were repatriated to Occupied Formosa.

Demography

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The 2011 census recorded 35,378 Japanese-born residents in Australia, with 50,761 people reporting Japanese ancestry (including those who claimed other ancestries). Of this number 29,211 reporting speaking Japanese at home.

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had the largest population of Japanese born (12,108), followed by

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(10,317), Victoria (6,820) and

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(3,564). Only 4,643 Japanese-born residents have since acquired Australian citizenship. In 2011, women represented 68% (24,146) of the Japanese-born in Australia. Over half of all Japanese-born residents profess no religious affiliation (69.1%), with Buddhism (17.8%) and Christianity (8.7%) the most commonly identified religions.

Education

Japanese international day schools in Australia include the

Sydney Japanese International School The Sydney Japanese International School (abbreviated as SJIS, ), formerly known in English as the Sydney Japanese School, and in Japanese as シドニー日本人学校 ''Shidonī Nihonjin Gakkō'', is an independent co-educational Nihonjin g ...

(SJIS), the Japanese School of Melbourne (JSM), and the Japanese School in Perth (JSP). There are also weekend supplementary programmes in

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approved by the

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. Retrieved on February 13, 2015. * The Japanese Language Supplementary School of Queensland * Adelaide Japanese Community School (ACJS; アデレード日本語補習授業校 ''Aderēdo Nihongo Hoshū Jugyō Kō) * Cairns Japanese Language Tutorial Centre Inc. (ケアンズ日本語補習授業校 ''Keanzu Nihongo Hoshū Jugyō Kō'') *

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. Canberra Japanese Supplementary School Inc. Retrieved on 7 April 2015. *

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* The Weekend Japanese School in Perth

Notable figures

* Sarah Àlainn: Vocalist, violinist * Emma Anzai: Bassist for the band Sick Puppies * Joey Bizinger:

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based in Japan * Sarah Emi Bridcutt: Voice actress * Jimmy Chi: Composer, musician and playwright * Jason Davidson: Australian soccer player * Alan Davidson: Former Australian soccer player * Alex Davies: Australian rules footballer * Georgia Godwin: gymnast * Tai Hara: Actor, model and presenter * Amy Harvey: singer and member of the

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group XG *

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: Professional tennis player * Takaya Honda: Actor and television presenter *

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: Actress, model * Last Dinosaurs: Band members Sean Caskey, Lachlan Caskey, and Dan Koyama *

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: Treasurer of South Australia (1997–2002, 2018–2022) * George "Joji" Miller: Musician and

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* Sen Mitsuji: Actor *

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: Voice actress, best known for voicing Asuka Langley Soryu in

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* Yasukichi Murakami: Inventor * Michito Owens: Australian rules footballer * Gehamat Shibasaki: Rugby league player *

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: Television personality * Kumi Taguchi: Journalist and newsreader for the ABC * Arisa Trew: Skateboarder * Shu Uchida: Voice Actress *

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: Soccer player *

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: Chef * Sean Wroe: Runner * Masa Yamaguchi: Actor, stunt performer * Erika Yamasaki: Weightlifter * Nina Oyama: actress, comedian * Saya Sakakibara: BMX athlete * Kai Sakakibara: Bmx Athlete * Kasumi Takahashi: Rhythmic gymnast

Gallery

File:Hyogo Prefectural Government Cultural Centre in Perth, 2016.JPG, Hyogo Prefectural Government Cultural Centre in Perth

References

External links

Australian Bureau of StatisticsImmigration Museum
{{Ancestry of Australians Australia–Japan relations