There is a small community of Japanese expatriates in Jamaica and their descendants (known as Japanese Jamaicans), consisting mostly of corporate employees and their families, along with immigrants and Jamaican-born citizens of Japanese ancestry. As of 2009 ^[update], 158 Japanese lived in the country, according to the statistics of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ^[2]

History

According to the Jamaican Embassy in Tokyo website, more than 100,000 Japanese tourists have visited Jamaica in the last 15 years. ^[3]

Culture

Mighty Crown was inspired by the legendary sound systems like Killamanjaro and Saxon. They were the first non-Jamaican sound system to win the Irish and Chin world clash in 1999. ^[3]

Notable people

• Musashi Suzuki - Jamaican-born Japanese footballer
• Asuka Cambridge - Japanese sprinter

References

External links

• Jamaipanese