I wonder if an extensive documentation of the historical Japanese community in Hong Kong is possible. After all, the Japanese community has been one of the more prominent communities in both pre-war and post-war Hong Kong. I know that the Japanese make up the second largest nationality interned in the Hong Kong Cemetery. And that the Hong Kong Japanese Club has done extensive research about the pre-war Japanese community. Was there ever any census/ survey conducted on the Japanese community in Hong Kong either by the colonial government or the Japanese embassy?
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re: Japanese Community in Hong Kong
You're right that this was a sizable community, that it would be good to know more about. Pre-war, the Japanese were recorded separately in the local census, so you can look at the tables there to get the size of the community, and breakdowns by sex / age / location / etc.
The census notes may also have extra information, e.g. the notes to the Report on Census of 1931 include:
The notes by Yoshimi Yamamoto about Japanese tattooists in Hong Kong suggest there is more detailed information available in the Japanese National Archives's Record and Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, e.g.
Good luck with your search, and please add comments here to share what you discover.
Regards, David