*1885/2/8 Nine-hundred forty-four Japanese immigrants on board the ship ''[[City of Tokio]]'' arrive in the [[Hawaii]]an Islands.
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*1885/2/8 Nine-hundred forty-four Japanese immigrants on board the ship ''[[City of Tokio]]'' arrive in the [[Hawaii]]an Islands. They are the first Japanese to settle in the islands under contracts authorized by the [[Meiji government]].
*1885/6/17 The ''Yamashiro Maru'' delivers 989 Japanese laborers to Hawaii.
*1885/6/17 The ''Yamashiro Maru'' delivers 989 Japanese laborers to Hawaii.