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Filipinos in Japan

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Notable Japanese people of Filipino origin:
Sayaka Akimoto • Syuri • Megumi Nakajima
 • Takayasu Akira • Yuji Takahashi
Total population
209,373+[1]
Regions with significant populations
Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Okinawa
Languages
Tagalog(Filipino), other languages of the Philippines, English, Japanese
Religion
Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Buddhism

Filipinos in Japan (在日フィリピン人, Zainichi Firipinjin) 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.[2] Their population reached as high as 245,518 in 1998, but fell to 144,871 individuals in 2000 before beginning to recover slightly when Japan cracked down on human trafficking. In 2006, Japanese/Filipino marriages were the most frequent of all international marriages in Japan.[3] As of March 12, 2011, the Filipino population of Japan was 305,972.[4]

According to figures published by the Central Bank of the Philippines, overseas Filipino workers in Japan remitted more than US$1 billion between 1990 and 1999; one newspaper described the contributions of overseas workers as a "major source of life support for the Philippines' ailing economy."[5][6] Though most Filipinos in Japan are short-term residents, the history of their community extends back further; during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, some Filipino students studied in Japanese universities.[7]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ "平成２３年末現在における外国人登録者統計について 法務省". Japan: Ministry of Justice. February 22, 2012.
  2. ^ "平成１９年末現在における外国人登録者統計について (About the statistics of registered foreigners at 2007 year-end)" (PDF). Japan: Ministry of Justice. June 2008. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "THIS FOREIGN LAND Inevitably, newcomers play growing role". Japan: Japan Times. January 2008. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "Embassy taps help of Pinoy groups in Japan". Japan: ABS-CBN News. March 12, 2011.
  5. ^ "Japan-Philippines Relations". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan. July 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
  6. ^ Rodriguez, Ronald (2001-09-15). "Why Filipinos in Japan Matter". Philippines Today. Retrieved 2007-04-04.
  7. ^ de Asis, Leocadio (1979). From Bataan to Tokyo: Diary of a Filipino Student in Wartime Japan. University of Kansas.

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