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According to [[census]] statistics in 2018, 97.8% of the population of [[Japan]] are [[Japanese people|Japanese]], with the remainder being foreign nationals residing in Japan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/files?page=1&layout=datalist&toukei=00250012&tstat=000001018034&cycle=1&year=20180&month=24101212&tclass1=000001060399|title=国籍・地域別 在留資格（在留目的）別 在留外国人|accessdate=2019年7月29日|publisher=独立行政法人統計センター}}</ref> The number of foreign workers has been increased |
According to [[census]] statistics in 2018, 97.8% of the population of [[Japan]] are [[Japanese people|Japanese]], with the remainder being foreign nationals residing in Japan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/files?page=1&layout=datalist&toukei=00250012&tstat=000001018034&cycle=1&year=20180&month=24101212&tclass1=000001060399|title=国籍・地域別 在留資格（在留目的）別 在留外国人|accessdate=2019年7月29日|publisher=独立行政法人統計センター}}</ref> The number of foreign workers has been increased dramatically in recent years, due to the [[Aging of Japan|aging population]] and the lack of labor forces. A news article in 2018 suggests that approximately 1 out of 10 young people residing in [[Tokyo]] are foreign citizens. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO32872510R10C18A7EA2000/|title=外国人最多の249万人、東京は20代の1割 人口動態調査|accessdate=2019年7月29日|publisher=Nikkei News}} </ref> |
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Revision as of 22:43, 1 September 2019
According to census statistics in 2018, 97.8% of the population of Japan are Japanese, with the remainder being foreign nationals residing in Japan.[1] The number of foreign workers has been increased dramatically in recent years, due to the aging population and the lack of labor forces. A news article in 2018 suggests that approximately 1 out of 10 young people residing in Tokyo are foreign citizens. [2]
Demographic
Source: Japan Statistics Bureau[3]
About 2.2% of Japan's total legal resident population are foreign citizens. Of these, according to 2018 data from the Japanese government, the principal groups are as follows.<[4][5]
| Nationality | Number | Percentage of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign citizens |
Total population | ||
 China |
764,720 | 28.3% | 0.64% |
  South Korea + Chōsen[note 1] |
479,198 | 17.7% | 0.40% |
 Vietnam |
330,835 | 12.3% | 0.28% |
 Philippines |
271,289 | 10.0% | 0.23% |
 Brazil |
201,865 | 7.5% | 0.17% |
 Nepal |
88,951 | 3.3% | 0.07% |
 Taiwan |
60,684 | 2.2% | 0.05% |
 United States |
57,500 | 2.1% | 0.04% |
 Indonesia |
56,346 | 2.1% | 0.04% |
 Thailand |
52,323 | 1.9% | 0.04% |
 Peru |
48,362 | 1.8% | 0.04% |
 India |
35,419 | 1.3% | 0.03% |
 Myanmar |
26,456 | 1.0% | 0.02% |
 Sri Lanka |
25,410 | 0.9% | 0.02% |
 United Kingdom |
17,943 | 0.7% | 0.02% |
 Pakistan |
16,198 | 0.7% | 0.02% |
 Bangladesh |
15,476 | 0.6% | 0.02% |
 France |
13,355 | 0.5% | 0.01% |
 Cambodia |
12,174 | 0.5% | 0.01% |
| Others | 635,787 | 23.6% | 0.50% |
| Total (as of 2018) | 2,731,093 | 100% | 2.2% |
The above statistics do not include the approximately 30,000 U.S. military stationed in Japan, nor do they account for illegal immigrants. The statistics also do not take into account minority groups who are Japanese citizens such as the Ainu (an aboriginal people primarily living in Hokkaido), the Ryukyuans (from the Ryukyu Islands south of mainland Japan), naturalized citizens from backgrounds including but not limited to Korean and Chinese, and citizen descendants of immigrants. The total legal resident population of 2012 is estimated at 127.6 million.
Native Japanese people
Ainu
Ainu (also Aynu) - The Ainu are an indigenous people, native to Hokkaido and northeastern Honshu. They are also found in Russia, in Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, both formerly part of the Japanese Empire, and the Kamchatka Peninsula. They possess an alphabet and language distinct from modern Japanese, as they do not use kanji but the katakana alphabet. They traditionally practiced tattooing and followed religious beliefs that are considered animism.[6]
Bonin Islanders
Bonin Islanders - The Bonin Islanders are ethnic group native to the Bonin Islands, also called the Ogasawara Islands, part of Tokyo Prefecture. They are descendants of Europeans, Polynesians, and Kanaks who settled Hahajima and Chichijima in the 18th century. They speak a dialect of English, called Bonin English, and have traditionally practiced Christianity. Legal status of Bonin Islanders passed back and forth between the United States and Japan over the years and, during and after World War II, many Bonin Islanders were forced to leave their homes. Some immigrated to the United States, finding it easier to assimilate into an English-speaking Western culture than a Japanese-speaking Asian one. Today, roughly 200 Bonin Islanders remain in Japan, some still bearing the surnames of the original 18th-century settlers.
Yamato
Yamato - The Yamato people are the dominant native ethnic group of Japan and because of their numbers, the term Yamato is often used interchangeably with the term Japanese. However, other ethnic groups native to Japan, who are genetically distinct from the Yamato, do exist.
Filipinos
Filipinos in Japan formed a population of 202,592 individuals at year-end 2007, making them Japan's third-largest foreign community along with Brazilians, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Justice. In 2006, Japanese/Filipino marriages were the most frequent of all international marriages in Japan.[7] As of March 12, 2011, the Filipino population of Japan was 305,972.[8]
Koreans
Koreans in Japan are the fifth largest ethnic minorities in the country. Most of them arrived in the early 20th century.
As of 2012, there are 530,421 Koreans in Japan who are not Japanese citizens.[9]
Ryukyuan
Ryukyuans (also Lewchewan) - The Ryukyuans are an indigenous people, native to the Ryukyu Islands.
Orok
Nivkh
A small number of Nivkh people resettled in Hokkaido when Japan evacuated southern Sakhalin at the end of World War II.
Chinese
Chinese people in Japan are the one of the largest ethnic minorities in Japan. They comprise 0.52% of Japan's population. Chinese people are mostly concentrated in the Osaka, Tokyo and Yokohama areas.
Brazilians
There is a significant community of Brazilians in Japan, which is home to the second largest Brazilian community outside of Brazil. They also constitute the largest number of Portuguese speakers in Asia, even greater than those of formerly Portuguese East Timor, Macao and Goa combined. Likewise, Brazil maintains its status as home to the largest Japanese community outside of Japan.
Peruvians
Americans
Bangladeshis
Burmese
Indians
Indonesians
Iranians
Kurds
Mongolians
Nepalis
Pakistanis
Vietnamese
More than 300,000 Vietnamese people are living in Japan by October 2018.
British
French
Irish
Russians
Turks
Nigerians
Jews
References
- ^ "国籍・地域別 在留資格（在留目的）別 在留外国人". 独立行政法人統計センター. Retrieved 2019年7月29日.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "外国人最多の249万人、東京は20代の1割 人口動態調査". Nikkei News. Retrieved 2019年7月29日.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Japan Statistics Bureau Archived December 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, accessed December 8, 2007
- ^ "国籍・地域別 在留資格（在留目的）別 在留外国人". 独立行政法人統計センター. Retrieved 2019年7月29日.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Disturbing trend: Japanese protesters use Nazism to attack Chinese, Koreans". AJW by The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on October 13, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
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- ^ "THIS FOREIGN LAND Inevitably, newcomers play growing role". Japan Times. Japan. January 2008.
- ^ "Embassy taps help of Pinoy groups in Japan". Japan: ABS-CBN News. March 12, 2011.
- ^ Statics at the Immigration Bureau of Japan (2012). Retrieved on 11 June 2012
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