Japanese people in China

Japanese people in China
在中日本人
Total population
Mainland China: 171,763 (2018)
Hong Kong: 27,429 (2018)[1]note
Macau: 4,200 (2018)[2]
Taiwan: 24,280 (2018)[3]
Regions with significant populations
Beijing · Suzhou · Shanghai · Guangzhou · Hong Kong · Macau · Taipei · Kaohsiung
Languages
Japanese · Mandarin · Cantonese · Hokkien · English
Religion
Buddhism · Shinto
Related ethnic groups
Japanese people in Hong Kong
Japanese people in China
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese日裔中國人
Simplified Chinese日裔中国人
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinRì Yì Zhōngguórén
Wade–GilesJih4 I4 Chung1-kuo2-jên3
Japanese name
Kanji在中日本人
Transcriptions
RomanizationZaichū Nihonjin

Japanese people in China (Japanese: 在中日本人, Chinese: 日裔中國人, also known as Japanese-Chinese or Sino-Japanese) are Japanese expatriates and emigrants and their descendants residing in Greater China. In October 2018, there were 171,763 Japanese nationals living in the People's Republic of China (excluding the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau), and 24,280 Japanese nationals living in the Republic of China (Taiwan).[3]

  1. ^ 海外在留邦人数調査統計 [Annual Report of Statistics on Japanese Nationals Overseas] (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (in Japanese). 1 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Macau Population Census". Census Bureau of Macau. May 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  3. ^ a b Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Japan