Japanese in the Philippines

Japanese Filipino, Japanese people in the Philippines
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
Takayama Ukon was a Japanese Catholic daimyō who migrated to the Philippines together with 300 Kirishitan refugees in 1614.
Total population
Japanese nationals
15,728 (Dec. 2021)[1]
People of Japanese descent
120,000[2][3][4][5] (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,[6] Shinto, Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Japanese people, foreign-born Japanese, Japanese diaspora

Japanese 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 residing in the country, the latter a result of intermarriages between the Japanese and local populations.[7]

  1. ^ Japan-Philippines relations : Basic Data, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan.
  2. ^ "Filipino Amerasians dadagsa; pati Japinos, Kopinos, Chipinos". Pilipino Star Ngayon.
  3. ^ "Japanese Filipinos - Ethnic Groups of the Philippines". ethnicgroupsphilippines. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013.
  4. ^ Agnote, Dario (October 11, 2017). "A glimmer of hope for castoffs". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  5. ^ Ohno, Shun (2006). "The Intermarried issei and mestizo nisei in the Philippines". In Adachi, Nobuko (ed.). Japanese diasporas: Unsung pasts, conflicting presents, and uncertain futures. Routledge. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-135-98723-7.
  6. ^ Terpstra, Nicholas (May 17, 2019). Global Reformations: Transforming Early Modern Religions, Societies, and Cultures. Routledge. ISBN 9780429678257.
  7. ^ The Cultural Influences of India, China, Arabia, and Japan | Philippine Almanac Archived July 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine