Ethnic groups of Japan
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]
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
Russians
Turks
Nigerians
Jews
References
- ↑ CIA World Factbook Retrieved on 11 June 2012.
- ↑ Arudou, Debito (5 October 2010). "Census blind to Japan’s true diversity". The Japan Times. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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