Introduction to Our Anthropological Studies on the Japanese-American Hybrids

Abstract

Introduction to Our Anthropological Studies on the Japanese-American Hybrids Akiyoshi SUDA GENERAL VIEW OF THE STUDY AND THE SUBJECTS A Fairly large number of children have been born of mixed parentage between American servicemen and Japanese women since the end of the second World the E. S. Home.

On the Skeletal Maturation of the Japanese-American Hybrids

“…7) The third one (4) seems to be more evident in the first proximal phalanx, the first metacarpal, and the carpal bones. 8) These findings in the present study seem to coincide very well with those of the studies on physical growth of the white hybrids (SUDA et al, 1965 and1968).…”

“…On the other hand, it has been found from the studies by SUDA et al (1965 and 1968) that the white hybrids, as the White, reach the maximum velocity about one year later than the Japanese do as for the growth of physical traits. KIMURA &TSAI (1967 and1968) also have found that the Poles reach the maximum velocity about one year later than the Asian groups do as for the growth of some physical traits.…”

Studies on growth and development in Japan

“…Initially Nishiyama (1931aNishiyama ( -c, 1932 suggested that the inhabitants of Okinawa belonged to a population found in other districts of Japan and that their comparatively inferior physique could be due to their postnatal environments, especially protein malnutrition. Suda (1950) concluded that the inhabitants of the Nansei Islands could be somatologically divided into five groups, corresponding to geographical areas: Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, Miyako, and Yaeyama. He also indicated that these islanders were generally shorter than the Japanese in other districts, especially during and after adolescence.…”