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Filipinos in Japan
| Total population |
| 220,000+ |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Okinawa |
| Languages |
|
Tagalog(Filipino), English, other languages of the Philippines; Japanese
|
| Religion |
|
Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism
|
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.[1] 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.[2] As of March 2008, the Filipino population of Japan was 221,817.[3]
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."[4][5] 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.[6]
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