Japanese

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The term Japanese refers to anything originating from the nation-state or location of Japan on Earth, including its people and the Japanese language.

During the Second World War in which the United States was at war with Japan, Japanese-Americans were detained in internment camps, such as Manzanar, for "precautionary measures" due to the United States government's perception of them as a potential threat to its security. (ENT: "Detained")

Hoshi Sato and Keiko Ishikawa were also both of Japanese heritage, and both had parents living in Japan during their lifetimes. Sato was born in Kyōto, Japan. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II" personnel record; DS9: "Emissary")

Although they were both born in California, Buck Bokai and Hikaru Sulu's ancestors had their roots in Japan. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; DS9: "If Wishes Were Horses")

[edit] Individuals

• Bokai, Buck
• Fujisaki
• Fukai, Arlene
• Immamura
• Ishikawa, Hiro
• Kobayashi, Alan (Starfleet)
• Kobayashi, Alan (UESPA)
• Koto, Minezaki
• Kyoto
• Mitsuya
• Nakamura
• Nogami
• Nogura
• Nozawa, Kashimuro
• O'Brien, Keiko
• O'Brien, Kirayoshi
• O'Brien, Molly
• Ogawa, Alyssa
• Sato, Mr.
• Sato, Hoshi
• Shimoda, Jim
• Sulu, Demora
• Sulu, Hikaru
• Tamura

On the USS Enterprise-D, Assistant Chief Engineer Jim Shimoda and Nurse Alyssa Ogawa may have been of Japanese descent given their surnames. Neither one was identified as such, however. (See TNG: "The Naked Now", "Data's Day")