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 2024, Japanese government figures recorded 173,813 legal residents of Indonesian nationality.[3]

Indonesians in Japan
在日インドネシア人
Orang Indonesia di Jepang
Total population
173,813 (in June, 2024)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Tokyo (Meguro), Nagoya, Osaka
Languages
Japanese, various languages of Indonesia
Religion
Islam · Christianity[2] · Buddhism · Hinduism · Shintoism

Demography and distribution

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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.[4] 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.[5]

Since 1998 the chief of a factory association in Oarai has invited Japanese descendants and migrants from North Sulawesi to work for seafood industries.[6] A majority of the Indonesians inhabitants were later arrested for being undocumented.[6]

Education

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Tokyo Republic of Indonesia School

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

Business and employment

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Some Indonesians in Japan run used car export businesses. This trend was believed to have begun in the late 1970s, when one Indonesian working in Japan sent a car back to his homeland. The potential for doing business in used cars also attracted more Indonesians to come to Japan in the 1990s.[7]

Notable people

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See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ 令和6年6月末現在における在留外国人数について
  2. ^ Okushima 2006: 35
  3. ^ 令和6年6月末現在における在留外国人数についてて
  4. ^ Sakurai 2003: 43
  5. ^ Sakurai 2003: 45
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Japanese Used Cars for Sale in Indonesia". satjapan.com. Retrieved 14 September 2024.

Sources

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Further reading

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