Peruvian migration to Japan

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Peruvians in Japan
Peruanos en Japón
在日ペルー人
Zainichi Perūjin
Total population
49,247 (in December, 2024)[1][2]
Regions with significant populations
Greater Tokyo Area, Isesaki,[3] Chūkyō Metropolitan Area (near Nagoya)[4]
Languages
Japanese and Peruvian Spanish
Related ethnic groups
Peruvians, Japanese Argentines, Japanese Uruguayans, Japanese Brazilians

There were 49,247 Peruvian residents in Japan as of December 2024.[1][5] The majority of them are descendants of earlier Japanese immigrants to Peru who have repatriated to Japan.[6]

Migration history

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In 1990, Japan introduced a new ethnicity-based immigration policy which aimed to encourage Japanese descendants overseas to come to Japan and fill the country's need for foreign workers.[6] From 1992 to 1997, data from Peru's Ministry of the Interior showed Japan as the fourteenth-most popular destination for Peruvian emigrants, behind the Netherlands and ahead of Costa Rica.[7]

Among the expatriate communities in Japan, Peruvians accounted for the smallest share of those who returned to their homelands after the global recession began in 2008. In January 2013, a number of Peruvian organizations came together to form the Asociacion de Peruanos en Japon (Association of Peruvians in Japan), dedicated to facilitating integration into Japanese society.[8]

Media

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  • International Press (newspaper)
  • IPC (television station)

Education

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There are the following Peruvian international schools (ペルー学校) in Japan:

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ 令和6年末現在における在留外国人数について
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ Aquino Rodríguez 1999, p. 7
  5. ^ 令和6年末現在における在留外国人数について
  6. ^ a b Takenaka 2003, p. 223
  7. ^ Aquino Rodríguez 1999, p. 3
  8. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

References

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Further reading

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