As per the 2002 census, 333 residents of the oblast still identified themselves as ethnic Japanese.

The residents did not return until after the end of the war and many ethnic Japanese were forceably repatriated.

The largest concentration of ethnic Japanese were in Taihoku followed by Takao and Tainan.

During the Meiji restoration, ethnic Japanese were encouraged by the central government to make moves to inhabit the fertile lands of Hokkaido.

The success of ethnic Japanese in business during an era of general economic difficulties deepened the resentment against them.

The suspicion of ethnic Japanese was multinational, nonpartisan and nonideological.

The cuisine differs markedly from that of the Wajin, or ethnic Japanese.

One Chinese source states that none of the early wokou were ethnic Japanese.

The bishop attributed the decline to intermarriage, the cultural assimilation of Hawaii's younger ethnic Japanese, and the dying off of older generations.

Neither foreign residents nor ethnic Japanese are ever asked about their religion by official government agencies".