Japanese people in Singapore
There is a large community of Japanese people in Singapore (在シンガポール日本人, Zai Shingapōru Nihonjin), consisting mostly of corporate employees and their families.
在シンガポール日本人 Zai Shingapōru Nihonjin | |
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Japanese Garden, Singapore | |
| Total population | |
| 32,743 (October 2022) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Singapore | |
| Languages | |
| Japanese; many study English or Mandarinas second languages | |
| Religion | |
| Buddhism, Tenrikyo | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Japanese diaspora |
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The first Japanese person to settle in Singapore was Yamamoto Otokichi, who arrived in 1862. Larger-scale migration from Japan to Singapore is believed to have begun in the early 1870s, shortly after the Meiji Restoration.
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