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Vietnamese people in Japan
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 600,348 (in June, 2024)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Tokyo, Osaka (Ikuno-ku), Yokohama, Kobe (Nagata-ku, Hyogo-ku) | |
| Languages | |
| Japanese, Vietnamese | |
| Religion | |
| Vietnamese folk religion, Buddhism,[2][3] Catholicism,[4] Shintoism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Vietnamese people |
Vietnamese people in Japan (在日ベトナム人, Zainichi Betonamujin) (Vietnamese: Người Việt tại Nhật Bản) form Japan's second-largest community of foreign residents ahead of Koreans in Japan and behind Chinese in Japan, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Justice. In June 2024, there were 600,348 legally resident.[5] Whereas, in 2007, there were only about 35,000 Vietnamese legally living in Japan. At that time, the majority of Vietnamese legal residents lived in the Kantō region and Keihanshin area.[6]
- ^ 令和６年６月末現在における在留外国人数について
- ^ "Nisshinkustu - Ngôi chùa gắn bó với người Việt tại Nhật Bản", Voice of Vietnam, 15 May 2013, retrieved 22 July 2013
- ^ "Vietnamese Buddhist centers in Japan", World Buddhist Directory, Buddhist Dharma Education Association, 2006, retrieved 20 February 2009
- ^ Shingaki, Masami; Asano, Shinichi (2003), "The lifestyles and ethnic identity of Vietnamese youth residing in Japan", in Goodman, Roger (ed.), Global Japan: The Experience of Japan's New Immigrant and Overseas Communities, Routledge, pp. 165–176, ISBN 0-415-29741-9
- ^ 令和６年６月末現在における在留外国人数について
- ^ "平成１９年末現在における外国人登録者統計について (About the statistics of registered foreigners at 2007 year-end)", Press release (PDF), Japan: Ministry of Justice, June 2008, archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2008, retrieved 9 January 2010
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