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According to [[census]] statistics in 2018, 97.8% of the population of [[Japan]] are [[Japanese people|Japanese]], with the remainder being foreign nationals residing in Japan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/files?page=1&layout=datalist&toukei=00250012&tstat=000001018034&cycle=1&year=20180&month=24101212&tclass1=000001060399|title=国籍・地域別 在留資格（在留目的）別 在留外国人|access-date=2019-07-29|publisher=独立行政法人統計センター}}</ref> The number of foreign workers has been increased dramatically in recent years, due to the [[Aging of Japan|aging population]] and the lack of labor forces. A news article in 2018 states that approximately 1 out of 10 young people residing in [[Tokyo]] are foreign nationals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO32872510R10C18A7EA2000/|title=外国人最多の249万人、東京は20代の1割 人口動態調査|access-date=2019-07-29|publisher=Nikkei News}}</ref>

==Demographic==
[[File:Foreigners in Japan in 2000 by citizenship.PNG|right|thumb|400px|Citizenship of foreigners in Japan in 2000.<br/>Source: Japan Statistics Bureau<ref>[http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kokusei/2000/gaikoku/00/hyodai.htm Japan Statistics Bureau] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225055120/http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kokusei/2000/gaikoku/00/hyodai.htm |date=December 25, 2007 }}, accessed December 8, 2007</ref>]]
About 2.2% of Japan's total legal resident population are foreign citizens. Of these, according to 2018 data from the Japanese government, the principal groups are as follows.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/files?page=1&layout=datalist&toukei=00250012&tstat=000001018034&cycle=1&year=20180&month=24101212&tclass1=000001060399|title=国籍・地域別 在留資格（在留目的）別 在留外国人|access-date=2019-07-29|publisher=独立行政法人統計センター}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201405010052 |title=Disturbing trend: Japanese protesters use Nazism to attack Chinese, Koreans |work=AJW by The Asahi Shimbun |access-date=October 13, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013171259/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201405010052 |archive-date=October 13, 2014 }}</ref>

{|class=wikitable
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!rowspan="2"|Nationality!!rowspan="2"|Number!!colspan="2"|Percentage of
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!Foreign<br />citizens!!Total<br />population
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|{{CHN}}||align=right|813,675||align=right|32.3%||align=right|0.73%
|-
|{{flagicon|KOR}}{{flagicon|PRK}} [[South Korea]] + [[Chōsen-seki|Chōsen]]{{notetag|Japan recognizes the Republic of Korea ([[South Korea]]) as the government of the entire [[Korean Peninsula]], and for this reason doesn't consider passports issued by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ([[North Korea]]) to be valid. Instead, Japan uses the term "[[Chōsen-seki|Chōsen]]" to refer to all ethnic Koreans in Japan who hold neither Japanese nor South Korean citizenship.}}||align=right|479,198||align=right|17.7%||align=right|0.40%
|-
|{{VNM}}||align=right|330,835||align=right|12.3%||align=right|0.28%
|-
|{{PHL}}||align=right|325,000 (2020)<ref>https://globalnation.inquirer.net/186453/fwd-2-filipinos-in-japan-suspected-positive-for-covid-19</ref>|| align="right" |13.0%||align=right|0.23%
|-
|{{BRA}}||align=right|201,865||align=right|7.5%||align=right|0.17%
|-
|{{NPL}}||align=right|88,951||align=right|3.3%||align=right|0.07%
|-
|{{TWN}}||align=right|60,684||align=right|2.2%||align=right|0.05%
|-
|{{USA}}||align=right|57,500||align=right|2.1%||align=right|0.04%
|-
|{{IDN}}||align=right|56,346||align=right|2.1%||align=right|0.04%
|-
|{{THA}}||align=right|52,323||align=right|1.9%||align=right|0.04%
|-
|{{PER}}||align=right|48,362||align=right|1.8%||align=right|0.04%
|-
|{{IND}}||align=right|35,419||align=right|1.3%||align=right|0.03%
|-
|{{MMR}}||align=right|26,456||align=right|1.0%||align=right|0.02%
|-
|{{SRI}}||align=right|25,410||align=right|0.9%||align=right|0.02%
|-
|{{GBR}}||align=right|17,943||align=right|0.7%||align=right|0.02%
|-
|{{PAK}}||align=right|16,198||align=right|0.7%||align=right|0.02%
|-
|{{BGD}}||align=right|15,476||align=right|0.6%||align=right|0.02%
|-
|{{FRA}}||align=right|13,355||align=right|0.5%||align=right|0.01%
|-
|{{KHM}}||align=right|12,174||align=right|0.5%||align=right|0.01%
|-
|Others||align=right|635,787||align=right|23.6%||align=right|0.50%
|-
!Total (as of 2018)||align=right|2,731,093||align=right|100%||align=right|2.2%
|}
The above statistics do not include [[United States Forces Japan|the approximately 30,000 U.S. military stationed in Japan]], nor do they account for [[Illegal immigration|illegal immigrants]]. The statistics also do not take into account minority groups who are Japanese citizens such as the [[Ainu people|Ainu]] (an aboriginal people primarily living in Hokkaido), the [[Ryukyuan people|Ryukyuans]] (from the Ryukyu Islands south of mainland Japan), naturalized citizens from backgrounds including but not limited to Korean and Chinese, and citizen descendants of immigrants. The total legal resident population of 2012 is estimated at 127.6 million.

== Native Japanese people ==
===Ainu===
[[Ainu people|Ainu]] (also Aynu) - The Ainu, an [[Indigenous peoples|indigenous people]], native to [[Hokkaido]] and northeastern [[Honshu]]. They are also found in Russia, in [[Sakhalin]] and the [[Kuril Islands]], both formerly part of the Japanese Empire, and the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]]. They possess an alphabet and language distinct from modern Japanese, as they do not use [[kanji]] but the [[katakana]] alphabet. They traditionally practiced tattooing and followed religious beliefs that are considered [[animism]].<ref>citation needed</ref>

===Ōbeikei Bonin Islanders===
[[Ōbeikei Islanders]] - The Ōbeikei Islanders are ethnic group native to the [[Bonin Islands]], also called the Ogasawara Islands, part of Tokyo Prefecture. They are descendants of Westerners, Polynesians, and [[Kanak people|Kanaks]] who settled [[Hahajima]] and [[Chichijima]] in the 18th century. They speak a dialect of English, called [[Bonin English]], and have traditionally practiced [[Christianity]]. Legal status of Bonin Islanders passed back and forth between the United States and Japan over the years and, during and after [[World War II]], many Bonin Islanders were forced to leave their homes. Some immigrated to the United States, finding it easier to assimilate into an English-speaking Western culture than a Japanese-speaking Asian one. Today, roughly 200 Bonin Islanders remain in Japan, some still bearing the surnames of the original 18th-century settlers.

===Yamato===
[[Yamato people|Yamato]] - The [[Yamato people]] are the dominant native ethnic group of Japan and because of their numbers, the term Yamato is often used interchangeably with the term Japanese. However, other ethnic groups native to Japan, who are genetically distinct from the Yamato, do exist.

===Ryukyuans===
[[Ryukyuan people|Ryukyuans]] (also Lewchewan) - The Ryukyuans are an indigenous people, native to the [[Ryukyu Islands]]. There are different subgroups of the Ryukyuan ethnic group, them being the [[Okinawan people|Okinawan]], [[Amami people|Amami]], [[Miyako people|Miyako]], [[Yaeyama people|Yaeyama]] and [[Yonaguni people|Yonaguni]] peoples. Their languages make up the [[Ryukyuan languages]],<ref name="MasamiIto2009">{{cite news |author=Masami Ito |title=Between a rock and a hard place |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/12/news/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/#.WJepb4WcFMt |date=12 May 2009 |newspaper=[[The Japan Times]] |access-date=5 February 2017}}</ref> considered to be one of the two branches of the [[Japonic languages|Japonic language family]], the other being [[Japanese language|Japanese]] and its dialects.<ref name="Minahan">{{citation|last=Minahan|first=James B.|title=Ethnic Groups of North, East, and Central Asia: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oZCOAwAAQBAJ|year=2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|pages=231–233|isbn=978-1-61069-018-8}}</ref> The Ryukyuans have a specific culture with some [[matriarchal]] elements, native [[Ryukyuan religion|religion]], and [[Okinawan cuisine|cuisine]] which had fairly late (12th century) introduction of [[rice]].

==East Asian==
===Chinese===
{{Main article|Chinese people in Japan}}
[[Chinese people in Japan]] are the largest foreign minorities in Japan. They comprise 0.64% of Japan's population. Chinese people are mostly concentrated in the [[Osaka]], [[Tokyo]] and [[Yokohama]] areas.

===Koreans===
{{Main article|Koreans in Japan}}
[[Koreans in Japan]] are the fifth largest ethnic minorities in the country. Most of them arrived in the early 20th century.

As of 2012, there are 530,421 Koreans in Japan who are not Japanese citizens.<ref>Statics at the Immigration Bureau of Japan (2012). Retrieved on 11 June 2012</ref>

===Mongolians===
{{Main article|Mongolians in Japan}}

===Orok===
{{Main article|Orok people}}

===Nivkh===
A small number of [[Nivkh people]] resettled in Hokkaido when Japan evacuated southern [[Sakhalin]] at the end of World War II.

==South Asian==
South Asians in Japan live mostly in Tokyo.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Obe |first1=Mitsuru |title=Chinatowns and Little Indias take shape in Tokyo |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Chinatowns-and-Little-Indias-take-shape-in-Tokyo |website=Nikkei |publisher=Nikkei |access-date=3 July 2020}}</ref>

===Bangladeshis===
{{Main article|Bangladeshis in Japan}}

===Indians===
{{Main article|Indians in Japan}}

===Nepalis===
{{Main article|Nepalis in Japan}}

===Pakistanis===
{{Main article|Pakistanis in Japan}}

==Southeast Asian==
===Filipinos===
{{Main article|Filipinos in Japan}}
[[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. In 2006, Japanese/Filipino marriages were the most frequent of all international marriages in Japan.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Japan Times |location=Japan |title=THIS FOREIGN LAND Inevitably, newcomers play growing role |date=January 2008 |url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20080101a6.html}}</ref> As of March 12, 2011, the Filipino population of Japan was 305,972.<ref>{{cite web |publisher= ABS-CBN News |title=Embassy taps help of Pinoy groups in Japan |location=Japan |date=March 12, 2011 |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/03/12/11/embassy-taps-help-pinoy-groups-japan/}}</ref> As of April 1, 2020, the number of Filipinos in Japan is estimated at 325,000.<ref>https://globalnation.inquirer.net/186453/fwd-2-filipinos-in-japan-suspected-positive-for-covid-19</ref> 

===Burmese===
{{Main article|Burmese people in Japan}}

===Vietnamese===
{{Main article|Vietnamese people in Japan}}
More than 300,000 Vietnamese people are living in Japan by October 2018.

===Indonesians===
{{Main article|Indonesians in Japan}}

==European and Central Asian==
===British===
{{Main article|Britons in Japan}}

===French===
{{Main article|French people in Japan}}

===Irish===
{{Main article|Irish people in Japan}}

===Russians===
{{Main article|Russians in Japan}}

==North African and Middle Eastern==
===Iranians===
{{Main article|Iranians in Japan}}

===Kurds===
{{Main article|Kurds in Japan}}

===Jews===
{{Main article|History of the Jews in Japan}}

===Turks===
{{Main article|Turks in Japan}}

==Sub-Saharan African==
===Nigerians===
{{Main article|Nigerians in Japan}}

==North American==
===Americans===
{{Main article|Americans in Japan}}

==South American==
===Brazilians===
{{Main article|Brazilians in Japan}}
There is a significant community of [[Brazilians]] in Japan, which is home to the second largest [[Brazilian diaspora|Brazilian community outside of Brazil]]. They also constitute the largest number of [[Portuguese language in Asia|Portuguese speakers in Asia]], even greater than those of formerly Portuguese [[East Timor]], [[Macau|Macao]] and [[Goa]] combined. Likewise, [[Brazil]] maintains its status as home to the largest Japanese community outside of Japan.

===Peruvians===
{{Main article|Peruvians in Japan}}
Like Brazilians in Japan, there are Peruvians in Japan, some of them lived in Peru when the country opened their doors for foreign workers. [[Alberto Fujimori]] is one example of Peruvian Japanese.

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