What does Japan call Americans?

What Japan calls Americans includes several terms in Japanese language, with most common being Amerika-jin which means American person. In Japanese, America is called Amerika, from English America, and person is jin, so Amerika-jin means American person, standard polite term used in everyday conversation and media. Another term is Beikokujin, where Beikoku means America in formal Sino-Japanese term, with Bei meaning rice and koku meaning country, as Beikoku is formal name for USA in Japanese, so Beikokujin means American in more formal or written context like news and government. For USA itself, Japanese call it Amerika or Beikoku. Slang or historical terms include Gaijin which means foreigner, general term for any foreigner, not specific to Americans, but Americans are often called gaijin in casual context, and more specifically Amerikajin. In WWII era, Japanese used terms like Amerikahei for American soldiers. In modern slang, some Japanese may use Ame-chan for friendly reference to Americans. So Japan calls Americans Amerika-jin in everyday speech, Beikokujin in formal writing, and gaijin for foreigner general, with Amerika being USA. So standard polite term is Amerika-jin, formal is Beikokujin, casual foreigner is gaijin, with no derogatory official term, just these normal terms.