Japanese people in China

Japanese people in China are Japanese expatriates and emigrants and their descendants residing in Greater China. In October 2018, there were 140,134 Japanese nationals living in People's Republic of China, and 24,280 Japanese nationals living in Republic of China.[1]

Japanese people in China
Total population
People's Republic of China: 140,134 (2018)
Republic of China: 24,280 (2018)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Beijing · Dalian · Shanghai · Guangzhou · Hong Kong · Macau · Taipei · Kaohsiung
Languages
Mandarin · Cantonese · Japanese
Religion
Buddhism · Shintoism
Related ethnic groups
Japanese people in Hong Kong

History

Tang dynasty China received 11 Japanese dancers as tribute from Balhae in 777.

Second Sino-Japanese War

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese government introduced a plan to settle 5 million Japanese in Manchukuo. Following the end of the war, approximately 2,800 Japanese orphans in China were left behind by families repatriating back to Japan.[2] The majority of Japanese left behind in China were women, and these Japanese women mostly married Chinese men and became known as "stranded war wives" (残留婦人, zanryū fujin).[3] Because they had children fathered by Chinese men, the Japanese women were not allowed to bring their Chinese families back with them to Japan so most of them stayed. Japanese law only allowed children fathered by Japanese men to become Japanese citizens.

21st century

As of October 2018, the number of Japanese nationals living in China is 120,076 (including 25,705 in Hong Kong) according to a report by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the second largest group of Japanese people outside Japan after the United States.[4] However, the 2010 Census of the People's Republic of China recorded 66,159 foreign nationals from Japan residing in Mainland China (figure excluding Hong Kong and Macau),[5] representing nearly half of the Japanese Foreign Affairs Ministry figure. The number of Japanese emigrants to China and their descendants are unknown.[4][6]

In 2000s, more Japanese were coming to China due to its opening up and economic reforms, and Japanese nationals living in China increased roughly three times from 46,000 to 127,000 in proportion to the growth in trade volume between the two countries.[6][7] However, the peak was 2012 and recently decreasing.[4] As of October 2018, the permanent resident ratio is only 2.7%.[4]

The number of Japanese nationals living in China. This includes Hong Kong.[4]

Shanghai has the largest concentration of Japanese nationals in Greater China.[4][8] As of October 2018, 40,747 Japanese nationals are living in Shanghai.[4] The second-largest concentrated city is Hong Kong and the third is Taipei.[4]

Education
Qingdao
Tianjin
Hangzhou
Nanjing
Ningbo
Shenyang
Shenzhen
Wuxi
Zhuhai
Hong Kong
Suzhou
Qingdao
Locations of nihonjin gakkō in Mainland China and Hong Kong

The following are approved by the Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT):

Mainland China

Hong Kong

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Unrecognized by MEXT:

Notable people
Chinese people of Japanese descent
Japanese expatriates in China
  • Ken'ichi Miura (三浦 研一, Miura Ken'ichi) – Japanese actor in China

See also

References
  1. Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Japan
  2. "Forgotten plight of foster parents". Xinhua News. 22 April 2005. Retrieved 30 November 2007.
  3. Left Behind: Japan's Wartime Defeat and the Stranded Women of Manchukuo
  4. 海外在留邦人数調査統計　統計表一覧 ｜ 外務省
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  6. Kyung Lah, 12 November 2010, Twin Tale: Rising China, Japan's setting sun, CNN
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