honda first established operations in marysville in 1979. japanese people began living in dublin and other suburbs instead of marysville because dublin established a support system for japanese residents and the suburbs offered saturday schools for japanese residents. as of the 2010 u.s. census, 1,071 japanese people live in dublin, making up 2.6% of the city's population. and also as of 2010, 122 japanese live in union county, making up 0.2% of the county's population; marysville is in this county. holly zachariah of "the columbus dispatch" stated that "it has been that way historically." according to the "2013 japanese direct investment survey" by the consulate-general of japan in detroit, dublin had 2,002 japanese nationals, giving it the highest such population in the state.