Peruvian migration to Japan

Peruvians in Japan
Peruanos en Japón
在日ペルー人
Zainichi Perūjin
Total population
49,114 (in December, 2023)[1][2]
Regions with significant populations
Greater Tokyo Area, Isesaki,[3] Chūkyō Metropolitan Area (near Nagoya)[4]
Languages
Japanese and Peruvian Spanish
Related ethnic groups
Peruvians, Japanese Argentines, Japanese Uruguayans, Japanese Brazilians

There are in December 2023 49,114 Peruvians in Japan.[1][5] The majority of them are descendants of earlier Japanese immigrants to Peru who have repatriated to Japan.[6]

  1. ^ a b "【在留外国人統計(旧登録外国人統計)統計表】 | 出入国在留管理庁".
  2. ^ 令和5年末現在における在留外国人数について
  3. ^ Hiyane Yzena, Christian (6 February 2017). ""Las relaciones familiares en el Perú todavía son muy fuertes"" (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. ^ Aquino Rodríguez 1999, p. 7
  5. ^ 令和5年末現在における在留外国人数について
  6. ^ Takenaka 2003, p. 223