Chinese people in Japan
Chinese people in Japan (在日中国人/華人) include any people self-identifying as ethnic Chinese or people possessing Chinese citizenship living in Japan. People aged 22 or older cannot possess dual-citizenship in Japan, so Chinese possessing Japanese citizenship typically no longer possess Chinese citizenship. The term "Chinese people" typically refers to the Han Chinese, the main ethnic group living in China (PRC) (including Hong Kong and Macau SARs), Taiwan (ROC) and Singapore. Officially, China (PRC) is home to 55 additional ethnic minorities, including people such as Tibetans, though these people might not self-identify as Chinese. Han Chinese people have had a long history in Japan as a minority.
| Total population | |
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| 970,000 total estimated ethnic Chinese in Japan including 870,000 PRC citizens (2017)
821,838 PRC citizens living in Japan (in December, 2023) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Tokyo (Ikebukuro, Shinjuku), Yokohama (Yokohama Chinatown), Osaka | |
| Languages | |
| Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin, Hakka, Hokkien, Shanghainese, Cantonese), other Chinese languages, English | |
| Religion | |
| Majority Chinese traditional religion (Confucianism, Taoism), Shintoism, Buddhism, Christianity and non-religious | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Overseas Chinese |
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| Traditional Chinese | 日本華僑/華人 在日中國人 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 日本华侨/华人 在日中国人 | ||||||||||
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| Kanji | 華僑 | ||||
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