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Indonesians in Japan
在日インドネシア人
Orang Indonesia di Jepang
Total population
122,028 (in June, 2023) [1]
Regions with significant populations
Tokyo ( Meguro), Nagoya, Osaka
Languages
Japanese, various languages of Indonesia
Religion
Islam · Christianity [2] · Buddhism · Hinduism · Shintoism

Indonesians in Japan (在日インドネシア人, Zainichi Indoneshiajin, Indonesian: orang Indonesia di Jepang) form Japan's largest immigrant group from a Muslim-majority country. As of June 2023, Japanese government figures recorded 122,028 legal residents of Indonesian nationality. [1]

Demography and distribution

Indonesians in Japan tend to be younger than other Muslim migrants; 64.5% of legal residents are recorded to be between 20 and 30 years old, whereas the majority of the other large Muslim migrant groups (Iranians, Bangladeshis, and Pakistanis) are between 30 and 40 years old. [3] 37% of legal residents live in the Kantō region, a much smaller proportion than for other Muslim migrants; that includes 2,175 people in Tokyo itself, 1,236 in Saitama, 1,204 in Ibaraki, 1,002 in Kanagawa, 845 in Chiba, 519 in Gunma, and 244 in Tochigi. The Keihanshin area and the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area, each have roughly 10% of Japan's Indonesian population; a further 6% can be found in both Nagano Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture. The remainder are scattered throughout the other prefectures, with between 30 and 500 in each one. [4]

Since 1998 the chief of a factory association in Oarai has invited Japanese descendants and migrants from North Sulawesi to work for seafood industries. [5] A majority of the Indonesians inhabitants were later arrested for being undocumented. [5]

Education

Tokyo Republic of Indonesia School

The Tokyo Republic of Indonesia School, an Indonesian international school, is in Tokyo.

Notable people

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b "令和5年6月末現在における在留外国人数について | 出入国在留管理庁". www.moj.go.jp.
  2. ^ Okushima 2006: 35
  3. ^ Sakurai 2003: 43
  4. ^ Sakurai 2003: 45
  5. ^ a b Mutiara, Median (2018). "Noise Complaints between Japanese Neighbors and Migrants in Rural Japan: From the Perspectives of Noisemakers". Social Sciences. 7 (12): 268. doi: 10.3390/socsci7120268.

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