Ethnic groups of Japan

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Though it is said that Ethnic Japanese make up 98.5% of the total population and that the rest are Koreans 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, other 0.6%,[1] in fact these numbers are not known. The Ministry of Justice in Japan conflates nationality with ethnicity, and they have no official data on the actual ethnic breakdown of people in Japan.[2]

Ethnic groups in Japan (2004)[1]
Ethnic groups
Japanese
98.5%
Koreans
0.5%
Chinese
0.4%
Other
0.6%

Filipinos

The 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.

Koreans

Ryukyuan

Orok

Nivkh

Chinese

The Chinese people in Japan are the second largest ethnic minority in Japan. They comprise 0.4% of Japan's population. Chinese people are mostly concentrated in Osaka, Tokyo, and Yokohama areas.

Ainu

Ainu is an aboriginal ethnic Japanese tribe that make up a portion of the Japanese demography

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, 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 Japan.

Peruvians

Americans

Bangladeshis

Burmese

Indians

Indonesians

Iranians

Kurds

Mongolians

Nepalis

Pakistanis

Vietnamese

Britons

French

Irish

Colombians

Russians

Turks

Nigerians

Jews

References

  1. ^ a b "East & Southeast Asia :: JAPAN". CIA The World Factbook.
  2. ^ Arudou, Debito (5 October 2010). "Census blind to Japan's true diversity". The Japan Times. Retrieved 17 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)