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What is a half Japanese person called?

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Hāfu (???, "half") is a Japaneselanguage term used to refer to an individual born to one ethnicJapanese and one non-Japanese parent. A loanword fromEnglish, the term literally means "half," a reference to theindividual's non-Japanese heritage.


Also, what is a Hapa person?

In Hawaii, the word refers to any person of mixedethnic heritage, regardless of the specific mixture. In California,the term is used for any person of East Asian or SoutheastAsian admixture.

Beside above, what's a Hapa Girl? Hapa is a Hawaiian pidgin word used to describemixed-race people — primarily, though not exclusively, thosewho are half white and half Asian.

Then, what do you call someone of mixed race?

/, /m?ˈl?ːto?/) is ahistorical racial classification of people who areborn of one white parent and one black parent, as well asmixed-race people in general. The term mulatto is nowchiefly considered to be derogatory or offensive.

How many HAFU are in Japan?

Hafu account for a small portion ofJapan's population. According to Japan's Ministry ofHealth, Labor and Welfare, approximately 36,000 children with anon-Japanese parent are born every year in the country,accounting for about 3 percent of births.

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