He mau haneli makahiki aku nei, ua oleloia ua haawi makana aku ka Emepera Pake i keia mau ilio i ka Emepera Iapana. ʻAʻole kānalua ka pili o ka Chin i nā ʻano ihu pōkole o Kina. Ma Iapana ua mahalo nui ʻia ʻo ia e like me ka ʻīlio hale aliʻi Peking ma Kina, hiki ke mālama ʻia e nā aliʻi kiʻekiʻe loa, noho i loko o nā hīnaʻi ʻohe, lawe ʻia i loko o nā lima o nā kimono silika, a hānai ʻia i ka meaʻai meaʻai.
I ka makahiki 1853, ua loaʻa ʻo Commodore Perry i ʻelua ma ke ʻano he makana, nāna i hāʻawi aku i ka Mōʻīwahine Victoria aloha ʻīlio. Ua hele mai nā kāne maʻemaʻe mua i Kelemānia i ka makahiki 1880 ma ke ʻano he makana mai ka Empress Kepani iā Empress Auguste.
ʻOi aku ka nui o ka Chin mua ma mua o ko mākou ʻike i kēia lā a ua liʻiliʻi wale ma ʻEnelani, ma muli paha o ka hele ʻana i ka Mōʻī Charles Spaniels. He poʻe hauʻoli ʻo Japanese Chins, he mau hoa noho noʻonoʻo, hiki ke hoʻololi a pāʻani i ka wā ʻelemakule, a makemake lākou i ka hele wāwae lōʻihi.