Filipinos in Japan

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Filipinos in Japan
Total population
325,000 (2020)[1][2]
Regions with significant populations
Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka
Languages
Filipino, Japanese,
other languages of the Philippines
Religion
Predominantly Christianity
Minority: Buddhism and Shintoism

Filipinos in Japan (Japanese: 在日フィリピン人, Zainichi Firipinjin, Filipino: Mga Pilipino sa Hapon) formed a population of 325,000 individuals at year-end 2020, making them Japan's third-largest foreign community along with Vietnamese, according to the statistics of the Philippine Global National Inquirer and the Ministry of Justice.[3][4] 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.[5] As of 2016, the Filipino population in Japan was 237,103 according to the Ministry of Justice.[6] As of April 1, 2020, the number of Filipinos in Japan is estimated at 325,000.[7]

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."[8][9] 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.[10]

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There is a magazine called Kumusta! (クムスタ). Junta Shimozawa publishes and edits the Japanese portion and his spouse Hermie edits the Tagalog version. In 1996 it had a weekly circulation of 30,000, and its website was to appear in March of that month.[11]

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  1. ^ "2 Filipinos in Japan may be COVID-19 positive, says PH Embassy". April 2020.
  2. ^ 【第１表】 国籍・地域別在留外国人数の推移 [[Table 1] Trends in number of foreign residents by nationality/region] (PDF). moj.go.jp (in Japanese). 2018. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  3. ^ "2 Filipinos in Japan may be COVID-19 positive, says PH Embassy". April 2020.
  4. ^ 平成１９年末現在における外国人登録者統計について [About the statistics of registered foreigners as of the end of 2007] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Japanese Ministry of Justice. June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2008. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ Yoshida, Reiji (1 January 2008). "Inevitably, newcomers play growing role". The Japan Times. Japan. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  6. ^ Catolico, Gianna Francesca (29 September 2016). "Filipinos 3rd-largest group in Japan—report". Inquirer.net. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  7. ^ "2 Filipinos in Japan may be COVID-19 positive, says PH Embassy". April 2020.
  8. ^ "Japan-Philippines Relations". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan. July 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
  9. ^ Rodriguez, Ronald (15 September 2001). "Why Filipinos in Japan Matter". Philippines Today. Archived from the original on 28 April 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2007.
  10. ^ de Asis, Leocadio (1979). From Bataan to Tokyo: Diary of a Filipino Student in Wartime Japan. University of Kansas.
  11. ^ "Kumusta! Forms Bonds Between Japanese and Philippine Communities". . 19 February 1996. Archived from the original on 30 June 1997. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  12. ^ Mokomichi Hayami

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