Ghanaians in Japan

Ghanaians in Japan

Total population
Various estimates: 2,005
Languages
Japanese, English, Ghana Languages ( Akan , Dagbani Language , Ewe , gar language , etc.)
Religion
Mainly Christianity, Islam
Related ethnic groups
Ghanaians

Japanese Ghanaians are Japanese of full or partial Ghanaian ancestry or Ghanaians who became naturalized citizens of Japan.

Overview

According to the foreign residents statistics of the Ministry of Justice, 2,005 people Ghanaians at the time of the end of 2015 are residents registered in Japan. Ghanaians who started arriving to Japan began to increase in the 1990s, the African continent has become a scale of the community, second only to Nigeria. Most of which are concentrated in the Tokyo metropolitan area, who are permanent residents most often . Most of the Ghanaians came to Japan since the early 1990s as foreign workers, factory, men work in construction sites and eateries, etc. accounted for the majority. In addition, many people who came to Japan as exchange students. And, after or to obtain a permanent residency you had to be married to a Japanese, without even less that acquired Japanese nationality.

Notable Japanese-Ghanaians

• Abdul Hakim Sani Brown
• Karen Nun-Ira
• Michael Yano
• Jefferson Tabinas