Shekaru ɗaruruwan da suka gabata, an ce Sarkin Sin ya ba da waɗannan karnukan ga Sarkin Japan. Babu shakka Chin yana da alaƙa da nau'in ɗan gajeren hanci na China. A kasar Japan ana daukarta sosai kamar karen fadar Peking a kasar Sin, manyan mutane ne kawai za su iya kiyaye shi, suna zaune a cikin kejin bamboo, ana daukar ta a hannun rigar kimonos na siliki, kuma ana ciyar da shi a matsayin abinci mai cin ganyayyaki.
A cikin 1853, Commodore Perry ya karɓi nau'i-nau'i a matsayin kyauta, wanda ya gabatar wa Sarauniya Victoria mai ƙauna. Na farko purebred biyu zo Jamus a 1880 a matsayin kyauta daga Japan Empress zuwa Empress Auguste.
Asalin Chin ya fi girma fiye da yadda muka sani a yau kuma ya zama ƙarami ne kawai a Ingila, mai yiwuwa sakamakon ketare Sarki Charles Spaniels. Chin Jafananci suna da farin ciki, abokan gida masu buɗe ido, daidaitawa da wasa har zuwa tsufa, kuma suna son dogon tafiya.