Japanese in the United Kingdom

  • Japanese in the UK
The Brighton Japan Festival in 2011
Total population
  • Ethnic Japanese
  • 29,510 (England and Wales only, 2021)[1]
  • UK residents born in Japan
  • 43,000 (2015 ONS estimate)
  • Japanese nationals residing in the UK
  • 67,258 (2014 MOFA estimate)[2]
Regions with significant populations
Greater London and South East England
Languages
Japanese and British English
Religion
Mahayana Buddhism, Shinto, Protestantism, Confucianism, Roman Catholicism, Taoism, Orthodox, Islam, Judaism, Anglicanism
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Japanese in the United Kingdom include British citizens of Japanese ancestry (Japanese: 日系イギリス人, Hepburn: Nikkei Igirisujin) or permanent residents of Japanese birth or citizenship, as well as expatriate business professionals and their dependents on limited-term employment visas, students, trainees and young people participating in the UK government-sponsored Youth Mobility Scheme.

  1. ^ "TS:002 Ethnic group (detailed)". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Japan-United Kingdom Foreign Relations". Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 9 March 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.