Arabs in Japan

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Arabs in Japan
在日アラブ人
Zainichi Arabujin
Regions with significant populations
Tokyo (mainly Shinjuku and Shibuya), Anjō, Chiba, Handa, Kariya, Kawasaki, Kōbe, Komaki, Kyoto, Nagoya, Ōsaka, Saitama, Sakai, Tōkai, Yokohama [ citation needed ]
Languages
Arabic, Japanese
Religion
Islam

Arabs in Japan consist of Arab migrants that come to Japan, as well as their descendants. [1] In December 2016, there were 6,037 Arabs living in Japan. [2]

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History

There are isolated records of contact between Arab & Muslim countries and Japan before the opening of the country in 1853. Some elements of Islamic philosophy From Rashidun, Umayyad and Abbasid were also distilled as far as back as the Heian period. Early European accounts of Muslims and their contacts with Japan were maintained by Portuguese sailors who mention a passenger aboard their ship, an Arab who had preached Islam to the people of Japan. He had sailed to the islands in Malacca in 1555. [3]

Population

Number of Arabs in Japan by nationality
NationPopulation
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 2,273 (2023) [4]
Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Syria 1,091 (2022) [4]
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 733 (2023) [4]
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 677 (2025) [4]
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 385 (2025) [5]
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 278 (2023) [4]
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 229 (2019) [4]
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 224 (2022) [4]
Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 160 (2022) [4]
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 157 (2022) [4]
Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen 133 (2022) [4]
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg UAE 87 (2024) [4]
Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 82 (2021) [4]
Flag of Libya.svg Libya 70 (2018) [4]
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 41 (2019) [4]
Flag of Oman.svg Oman 37 (2023) [4]
Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 27 (2019) [6]
Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 26 (2018) [4]
Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania 24 (2019) [6]
Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia 14 (2018) [6]
Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti 10 (2018) [6]
Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros 1 (2019) [6]
Total6,613

Notable people

References

  1. Nagy, Stephen Robert (2015-11-30). Japan's Demographic Revival: Rethinking Migration, Identity And Sociocultural Norms. World Scientific. ISBN   978-981-4678-89-6.
  2. "法務省". www.moj.go.jp. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  3. Lach, Donald F. (1994-04-16). Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume I: The Century of Discovery. Book 2. University of Chicago Press. ISBN   978-0-226-46732-0.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "【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". www.moj.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  5. "在留外国人統計(旧登録外国人統計) 22-06-01-1 国籍・地域別 在留資格(在留目的)別 在留外国人 | ファイル | 統計データを探す". 政府統計の総合窓口 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "法務省". www.moj.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  7. "May Shigenobu: Daughter of the Japanese Red Army". BBC News. 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2023-12-22.