Filipinos in Japan (Japanese: 在日フィリピン人) formed a population of 202,592 individuals at year-end 2007, making them Japan's fourth-largest foreign community, 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]
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- Emi Watanabe, half-Filipino, born 1959, figure skater
- Satoshi Ōtomo, half-Filipino, born 1981, a soccer player
- Chieko Kawabe, half-Filipino of Spanish descent, born 1987, model
- Sayaka Akimoto, half-Filipino, born 1988, an idol
- Megumi Nakajima, half-Filipino, born 1989, a voice actor
- Syuri, half-Filipino, born 1989, a professional wrestler
- Hiromi, born 1990 in the Philippines, an out-lesbian fashion model and DJ
- Takayasu Akira, half-Filipino, born 1990, a sumo wrestler
- Etsuo Shima, half-Filipino, born 1961, an actor, the son of actress Keiko Awaji and Filipino father
- Kenji Roa, born 1979 in the Philippines, a visual-kei vocalist
- Mike Sakan, born 1983 in the Philippines, a basketball player
- Bene Zama, born 1985 in the Philippines, a track-and-fielder
- Lina Aishima, half-Filipino, born 1986, an AV actress
- Maryjun Takahashi, half-Filipino, born 1987, a fashion model
- Alice Komuro, half-Filipino, born 1988, an AV actress
- Mucha Mori, half-Filipino, born 1988, a basketball player
- Masunoyama Tomoharu, half-Filipino, born 1990, a sumo wrestler
- Ryuya Ogawa, half-Filipino, born 1991, a soccer player
- Rika Mamiya, half-Filipino, born 1992, a gyaru fashion model
- Nikoru Abe, half-FIlipino, born 1993 in the Philippines, a gyaru fashion model
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