Japanese in Hawaii

Kepanī
ケパニ
	Bronze statue of Japanese sugarcane workers erected in 1985 on the centennial anniversary of the first Japanese immigration to Hawaii in 1885.
Total population
	312,292 (2010)
Languages
	English; Japanese; Okinawan;
Religion
	Buddhism; Christianity; Shintoism; Irreligion;
Related ethnic groups
	Japanese American; Japanese people; Okinawans in Hawaii; Ryukyuan people;

The Japanese in Hawaii (simply Japanese or “Local Japanese”, rarely Kepanī) are the second largest ethnic group in Hawaii. At their height in 1920, they constituted 43% of Hawaii's population. They now number about 16.7% of the islands' population, according to the 2000 U.S. Census. The U.S. Census categorizes mixed-race individuals separately, so the proportion of people with some Japanese ancestry is likely much larger.

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