DISTRIBUTION OF JAPANESE IN UNITED STATES. (_According to Consular Division as Reported by Foreign Department, Japan._) ================================================== Districts. | Male. | Female. | Total for 1919. --------------|--------|---------|---------------- Seattle | 14,568 | 4,397 | 18,965 Portland | 5,829 | 1,637 | 7,466 San Francisco | 37,375 | 16,578 | 53,953 Los Angeles | 22,644 | 9,861 | 32,505 Chicago | 2,336 | 378 | 2,714 New York | 3,320 | 284 | 3,604 |--------|---------|---------------- | 86,072 | 33,135 | 119,207 ================================================== APPENDIX K AN ABSTRACT OF EXPATRIATION LAW OF JAPAN =Article XVIII.=--When a Japanese, by becoming the wife of a foreigner, has acquired the husband's nationality, then such Japanese loses her Japanese nationality. =Article XX.=--A person who voluntarily acquires a foreign nationality loses Japanese nationality. In case a Japanese subject, who has acquired foreign nationality by reason of his or her birth in a foreign country has domiciled in that country, he or she may be expatriated with the permission of the Minister of State for Home Affairs. The application for the permission referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be made by the legal representative in case the person to be expatriated is younger than fifteen years of age. If the person in question is a minor above fifteen years of age, or a person adjudged incompetent, the application can be made with the consent of his or her legal representative or guardian. A stepfather, a stepmother, a legal mother, or a guardian may not make the application or give the consent prescribed in the preceding paragraph without the consent of the family council. A person who has been expatriated loses Japanese nationality. =Article XXIV.=--Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding six articles a male of full seventeen years or upwards does not lose Japanese nationality, unless he has completed active service in the army or navy, or he is under no obligation to enter into it. A person who actually occupies an official post--civil or military--does not lose Japanese nationality notwithstanding the provisions of the foregoing seven articles.