mexicanos japoneses 日系メキシコ人 (Nikkei Mekishikojin) | |
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Total population | |
est. 76,000 Mexicans of Japanese descent [1] 10,143 Japanese nationals residing in Mexico (October 2022)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Mexico City, Bajío Region, Chiapas, Sinaloa, Baja California, Sonora, State of Mexico, Coahuila, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Puebla | |
Languages | |
Mexican Spanish and Japanese | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Roman Catholicism (90%)[2] Minority Buddhism and ShintoismNote | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Japanese diasporas | |
^ Note: Religious classification is for Mexicans of Japanese descent and does not include recent immigrants. |
Japanese Mexicans are Mexicans of Japanese ancestry. Organized Japanese immigration to Mexico occurred in the 1890s with the foundation of a coffee-growing colony in the state of Chiapas. Although this initiative failed, it was followed by greater immigration from 1900 to the beginning of World War II. However, it never reached the levels of Japanese immigration to the Americas such as Brazil or the United States.
Immigration halted during World War II and many Japanese nationals and even some naturalized Mexican citizens of Japanese origin were forced to relocate from communities in Baja California, Sinaloa, and Chiapas to Mexico City and other areas in the interior until the war was over. After the war, immigration began again, mostly due to Japanese companies investing in Mexico and sending over skilled employees.
4. 在留邦人数 10,143名(2022年10月現在)(外務省 海外在留邦人数調査統計) 5. 日系人数 7万6千名以上