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noun - one born in America of immigrant Japanese parents and educated in Japan
KIBEI - Kibei kibei (, literally "go home to America") was a term often used in the 1940s to describe Japanese Americans born in the United States who return...
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U.S.-born Japanese educated in Japan |
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Apr 24 2010 New York Times |
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A Japanese-American who is born in the United States but primarily educated in Japan. |
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Kibei kibei (, literally "go home to America") was a term often used in the 1940s to describe Japanese Americans born in the United States who returned to America after receiving their education in Japan. Some Japanese Americans sent their children, many of whom had dual citizenship, back to Japan, so the children were educated in Japanese school systems and maintained the Japanese language as well as Japanese cultural traditions. Another reason was the strong anti-Japanese sentiment in the United States and these parents worried that they might be deported back to Japan. As a result, they sent their children to Japan, so they could survive either in the United States or Japan. The exact number is not knownperhaps about 11,000. It is said there were about 10,000 Kibei among Nisei (second-generation) Japanese Americans.Those men who were in school in Japan in late 1941 typically entered the Japanese army. Those on the West coast of the United States were interned. Many volunteered for |