Japanese fowk

Japanese fowk
日本人

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Tot population
c. 129 million
Regions wi signeeficant populations
Japan 125 million[1]
Significant Japanese diaspora in:
Brazil	2,084,000[2]
Unitit States	1,469,637[3]
Cheenae	140,134[4]note
Philippines	120,000[5] [6]
Canadae	109,740[7]
Peru	103,949[8]
Australie	89,133[9] (2015)
Thailand	70,337[10] (2016)
Germany	70,000[11] (2016)
Unitit Kinrick	67,998[12] (2015)
Argentinae	65,000[13][14]
Fraunce	38,349[9]note (2014)
Singapore	36,963[15] (2015)
Sooth Korea	36,708[9]note (2014)
Mexico	28,100[16]
Hong Kong	27,429[4] (2015)
Malaysie	22,000[17] (2014)
Taiwan	20,373[9]
Micronesie	20,000[18]
Leids
Japanese
Releegion
Predominantly Mahayana Buddhism an Shinto, wi minorities ascribin tae Japanese new releegions, Christianity an ither releegions[19]
Relatit ethnic groups
Ryukyuan people, Ainu people
^ note: For this kintra, anerly permanent residents wi Japanese naitionality are includit, syne the nummer o naituralised Japanese fowk an thair descendants is unkent. note

The Japanese fowk (日本人, Nihonjin) are an ethnic group native tae Japan.^{[20][21][22][23]} The Japanese fowk mak up 98.5% o the total population o their kintra.^[24] Warldwide, approximately 130 million fowk are of Japanese strynd; o these, approximately 127 million are residents o Japan. Fowk o Japanese ancestry wha live in ither kintras are referred tae as the Japanese diaspora (日系人, Nikkeijin). The term ethnic Japanese mey forbye be uised in some contexts tae refer tae a locus o ethnic groups includin the Yamato (the dominant ethnic group, comprisin ower 120 million), Ainu, an Ryukyuan fowk.

• C3-M217, FTDNA [DNA project]
• CIA The World Fact Book 2006 Archived 2015-12-20 at the Wayback Machine
• The Association of Nikkei & Japanese Abroad