Japanese people

**Japanese people** are an ethnic group native to the islands of Japan. They are ethnically related to other peoples of eastern Asia.  Japanese people make up 97.1% of the population of Japan.  Worldwide, around 125 million people are of Japanese descent, making them one of the largest ethnic groups.  Around 119.9 million Japanese people are residents of Japan, and there are roughly five million members of the Japanese diaspora (descendants of Japanese people who have moved to other countries), who are called _Nikkeijin_ (日系人).

Sometimes the term "Japanese people" might be used to mean just the Yamato people, who are mainly from Japan’s historic main islands of Honshū, Kyūshū, and Shikoku, and are by far the largest group within Japan. In other contexts, the term could also include other groups native to the islands of Japan, including the Ryukyuan people, who share connections with the Yamato but are often thought to be different, as well as the Ainu people. In recent decades, there has also been a growing number of people with both Japanese and non-Japanese roots, including those who are half Japanese.

## Infobox (ethnic group)

- **group**: Japanese people
- **native name**: 日本人
- **native name lang**: ja
- **population**: **125 million**

- **regions**: Japan 119.9 million
- **tablehdr**: _Significant Japanese diaspora in_:
- **region1**: Brazil
- **pop1**: 2,700,000
- **ref1**: (2013)
- **region2**: United States
- **pop2**: 1,586,652
- **ref2**: (2020)
- **region3**: Peru
- **pop3**: 203,130
- **ref3**: (2023)
- **region4**: Canada
- **pop4**: 129,425
- **ref4**: (2021)
- **region5**: Philippines
- **pop5**: 120,000
- **region6**: Australia
- **pop6**: 104,141
- **ref6**: (2024)
- **region7**: China
- **pop7**: 97,538
- **ref7**: (2024)
- **region8**: Mexico
- **pop8**: 88,985
- **ref8**: (2024)
- **region9**: Argentina
- **pop9**: 75,528
- **ref9**: (2024)
- **region10**: Thailand
- **pop10**: 70,421
- **ref10**: (2024)
- **region11**: United Kingdom
- **pop11**: 64,066
- **ref11**: (2024)
- **region12**: Germany
- **pop12**: 43,513
- **ref12**: (2024)
- **region13**: South Korea
- **pop13**: 43,064
- **ref13**: (2024)
- **region14**: France
- **pop14**: 37,056
- **ref14**: (2024)
- **region15**: Singapore
- **pop15**: 32,565
- **ref15**: (2024)
- **region16**: Taiwan
- **pop16**: 21,696
- **ref16**: (2024)
- **region17**: New Zealand
- **pop17**: 20,318
- **ref17**: (2024)
- **region18**: Malaysia
- **pop18**: 20,025
- **ref18**: (2024)
- **region19**: Micronesia
- **pop19**: 20,000
- **ref19**: (2023)
- **region20**: Vietnam
- **pop20**: 17,410
- **ref20**: (2024)
- **region21**: Indonesia
- **pop21**: 14,720
- **region22**: Bolivia
- **pop22**: 14,000
- **region23**: Netherlands
- **pop23**: 10,460
- **region24**: Spain
- **pop24**: 8,720
- **region25**: India
- **pop25**: 8,398
- **region28**: Paraguay
- **pop28**: 7,000
- **region35**: Austria
- **pop35**: 3,500
- **region36**: Uruguay
- **pop36**: 3,456
- **region37**: Cambodia
- **pop37**: 3,363
- **region38**: Ireland
- **pop38**: 3,122
- **region39**: Colombia
- **pop39**: 3,000
- **region40**: Turkey
- **pop40**: 1,594 (2024)
- **languages**: Japanese language, Japanese
- **religions**: Mainly a mix of Shinto and Buddhism; minorities follow Christianity and other religions
- **footnotes**: Note: For this country, only the number of residents with Japanese nationality is shown, since the number of naturalized Japanese people and their descendants is unknown.
- **related groups**: Ainu people, AinuRyukyuan people, Ryukyuan