Chinese people in Japan

Chinese people in Japan

Total population
970,000 total estimated ethnic Chinese in Japan including 870,000 PRC citizens (2017)[1] 821,838 PRC citizens living in Japan (in December, 2023)[2][3][4] 64,663 ROC citizens living in Japan (in December, 2023)[2][5]
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

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.