Arabs in Japan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Arabs in Japan
在日アラブ人
Zainichi Arabujin
Regions with significant populations
Tokyo (mainly Shinjuku and Shibuya), Anjō, Chiba, Handa, Kariya, Kawasaki, Kōbe, Komaki, Kyoto, Nagoya, Ōsaka, Saitama, Sakai, Tōkai, Yokohama[citation needed]
Languages
Arabic, Japanese
Religion
Islam

Arabs in Japan consist of Arab migrants that come to Japan, as well as their descendants.[1] In December 2016, there were 6,037 Arabs living in Japan.[2]

Number of Arabs in Japan by nationality
Nation Population
 Egypt 4,183 (2022)[3]
 Syria 1,091 (2022)[3]
 Tunisia 733 (2022)[3]
 Morocco 677 (2022)[3]
 Saudi Arabia 385 (2021)[4]
 Sudan 278 (2022)[3]
 Algeria 229 (2018)[3]
 Jordan 224 (2022)[3]
 Iraq 160 (2022)[3]
 Lebanon 157 (2022)[3]
 Yemen 133 (2022)[3]
 UAE 87 (2018)[3]
 Palestine 82 (2022)[3]
 Libya 70 (2018)[3]
 Kuwait 41 (2018)[3]
 Oman 37 (2022)[3]
 Bahrain 27 (2016)[5]
 Qatar 26 (2018)[3]
 Mauritania 24 (2016)[5]
 Somalia 14 (2016)[5]
 Djibouti 10 (2016)[5]
 Comoros 1 (2016)[5]
Total 6,613

History[edit]

Early history[edit]

There are isolated records of contact between Arab countries and Japan before the opening of the country in 1853. Some elements of Islamic philosophy From Rashidun, Umayyad and Abbasid were also distilled as far as back as the Heian period. Early European accounts of Muslims and their contacts with Japan were maintained by Portuguese sailors who mention a passenger aboard their ship, an Arab who had preached Islam to the people of Japan. He had sailed to the islands in Malacca in 1555.[6]

Notable people[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nagy, Stephen Robert (2015-11-30). Japan's Demographic Revival: Rethinking Migration, Identity And Sociocultural Norms. World Scientific. ISBN 978-981-4678-89-6.
  2. ^ "法務省". www.moj.go.jp. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "【在留外国人統計（旧登録外国人統計）統計表】 | 出入国在留管理庁". www.moj.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  4. ^ "在留外国人統計（旧登録外国人統計） 22-06-01-1 国籍・地域別 在留資格（在留目的）別 在留外国人 | ファイル | 統計データを探す". 政府統計の総合窓口 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  5. ^ a b c d e "法務省". www.moj.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  6. ^ Lach, Donald F. (1994-04-16). Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume I: The Century of Discovery. Book 2. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-46732-0.
  7. ^ "May Shigenobu: Daughter of the Japanese Red Army". BBC News. 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arabs_in_Japan&oldid=1191561498"