Filipinos in Japan explained

Group:Filipinos in Japan
Population:332,293 (in June, 2024)[1]
Regions:Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka
Langs:Filipino, English, Japanese,
other languages of the Philippines
Rels:Predominantly Christianity
Minority: Buddhism and Shinto

Filipinos in Japan (ja|在日フィリピン人, Zainichi Firipinjin, fil|Mga Pilipino sa Hapon) formed a population of 332,293 in June 2024 individuals, making them Japan's fourth-largest foreign community, according to the statistics of the Philippines.[2] 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.[3] As of 2016, the Filipino population in Japan was 237,103 according to the Ministry of Justice.[4] Filipinos in Japan 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.[5] [6] In December 2021, the number of Filipinos in Japan was estimated at 276,615.[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]

Media

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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Notes and References

  1. https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/publications/press/13_00047.html 令和６年６月末現在における在留外国人数について
  2. https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/publications/press/13_00047.html 令和６年６月末現在における在留外国人数について
  3. News: Yoshida. Reiji. Inevitably, newcomers play growing role. The Japan Times. Japan. 1 January 2008. 3 October 2017.
  4. News: Gianna Francesca. Catolico. Filipinos 3rd-largest group in Japan—report. Inquirer.net. 29 September 2016. 6 November 2017.
  5. Web site: 2 Filipinos in Japan may be COVID-19 positive, says PH Embassy. April 2020.
  6. Web site: Japanese Ministry of Justice. Japan. ja: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. ja. June 2008. http://www.moj.go.jp/PRESS/080601-1.pdf. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080624232449/http://www.moj.go.jp/PRESS/080601-1.pdf. 24 June 2008. dmy.
  7. Web site: 令和３年末現在における在留外国人数について | 出入国在留管理庁 .
  8. News: Japan-Philippines Relations. July 2007. 5 September 2007. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan.
  9. News: Philippines Today. 15 September 2001. 4 April 2007. Why Filipinos in Japan Matter. Rodriguez. Ronald. https://web.archive.org/web/20070428232826/http://www.philippinestoday.net/September2001/reality901.htm. 28 April 2007. dead.
  10. Book: de Asis, Leocadio. From Bataan to Tokyo: Diary of a Filipino Student in Wartime Japan . University of Kansas . 1979 .
  11. Web site: Kumusta! Forms Bonds Between Japanese and Philippine Communities . Japan Pictorial. 19. 2. 1996-02-19. https://web.archive.org/web/19970630101734/http://www.tokio.co.jp/jp/96-19-02/jp06/06_01.html . 2021-05-05. 30 June 1997 .
  12. [Mokomichi Hayami]

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