Japanese in the Philippines
Japanese settlement in the Philippines or Japanese Filipino, refers to one of the largest branches of Japanese diaspora having historical contact with and having established themselves in what is now the Philippines. This also refers to Filipino citizens of either pure or mixed Japanese descent currently residing in the country, the latter a result of intermarriages between the Japanese and local populations.
日系 / 日系人 / 日系フィリピン人 にっけい / にっけいじん Hapon / Hapones / Haponesa Pilipinong Hapones Nikkei / Nikkeijin / Japino / Japinoy | |
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Takayama Ukon was a Japanese Catholic daimyō who migrated to the Philippines together with 300 Kirishitan refugees in 1614 as one of the many waves of Japanese immigration to the Philippines during the Christian persecution throughout 1600's in Japan under Tokugawa shogunate. Their descendance diluted to the local populations without records of number. | |
| Total population | |
| Japanese nationals 16,894 (Oct. 2019) People of Japanese descent 120,000 (2006) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Metro Manila, Davao, the Visayas, Ilocos Norte, La Union, Baguio, Laguna, Cavite, Rizal, Bulacan, Pampanga, Zambales | |
| Languages | |
| Japanese, Filipino, other Philippine languages, English | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Shinto, Buddhism. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Japanese people, foreign-born Japanese, Japanese diaspora |
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