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Indians in Japan
Indians in Japan consist of those with Japanese citizenship and those with foreign citizenship.
As of December 2024, there were 53,974 Indian nationals living in Japan. In the 21st century, Indian migration to Japan has undergone a major increase, and Japan is seeing an influx of migrants from the South Asian nation. Indian nationals are the third largest nationality group from the subcontinent, preceded by Nepali and Burmese nationals and followed by Sri Lankans.
One of the earliest Indians in Japan was a monk from the intellectual city of Madurai, who ultimately played a key role in development of Chinese Buddhism and the transmission of Chinese Buddhism to Japan.
The history of modern Indian settlement in Japan goes back more than a century. As early as 1872, a few Indian businessmen and their families had settled in Yokohama as well as Okinawa. In 1891, Tata, then a small trading firm, established a branch in Kobe. By 1901, Japanese government statistics recorded 30 people from British India living in Japan. Local statistics of the Hyōgo Prefecture government showed 59 Indians living in the prefecture in 1905, among whom all but one were men.
After the destruction wreaked on Yokohama in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, the Indian traders there also migrated to Kobe; from then on, Kobe became the center of Japan's Indian community's growth.
Indians in Malaya (modern day Malaysia and Singapore) were often treated more favorably by the Japanese due to the importance of India in the global war plans of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. In comparison Chinese were sidelined due to the ongoing war between Chinese and Japanese forces in China.
By 1939, on the eve of World War II, the number of Indians in Hyōgo Prefecture had reached 632. However, due to British sanctions against Japan and the 1941 halt of shipping between Japan and their homeland, many closed their shops and left; by 1942, there were only 114 remaining. Three years after the Partition of India, their numbers had recovered somewhat to 255.
Prior to 1990, the Indian community in Japan remained centred on the Kobe area. However, after 1990, the numbers in Tokyo began to show a sharp increase. Migrants who arrived in the 1990s included industrial trainees sent by Japanese car manufacturers which had set up factories in India. IT professionals and their families also came to Tokyo, settling primarily in Setagaya and Minato wards.
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Indians in Japan
Indians in Japan consist of those with Japanese citizenship and those with foreign citizenship.
As of December 2024, there were 53,974 Indian nationals living in Japan. In the 21st century, Indian migration to Japan has undergone a major increase, and Japan is seeing an influx of migrants from the South Asian nation. Indian nationals are the third largest nationality group from the subcontinent, preceded by Nepali and Burmese nationals and followed by Sri Lankans.
One of the earliest Indians in Japan was a monk from the intellectual city of Madurai, who ultimately played a key role in development of Chinese Buddhism and the transmission of Chinese Buddhism to Japan.
The history of modern Indian settlement in Japan goes back more than a century. As early as 1872, a few Indian businessmen and their families had settled in Yokohama as well as Okinawa. In 1891, Tata, then a small trading firm, established a branch in Kobe. By 1901, Japanese government statistics recorded 30 people from British India living in Japan. Local statistics of the Hyōgo Prefecture government showed 59 Indians living in the prefecture in 1905, among whom all but one were men.
After the destruction wreaked on Yokohama in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, the Indian traders there also migrated to Kobe; from then on, Kobe became the center of Japan's Indian community's growth.
Indians in Malaya (modern day Malaysia and Singapore) were often treated more favorably by the Japanese due to the importance of India in the global war plans of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. In comparison Chinese were sidelined due to the ongoing war between Chinese and Japanese forces in China.
By 1939, on the eve of World War II, the number of Indians in Hyōgo Prefecture had reached 632. However, due to British sanctions against Japan and the 1941 halt of shipping between Japan and their homeland, many closed their shops and left; by 1942, there were only 114 remaining. Three years after the Partition of India, their numbers had recovered somewhat to 255.
Prior to 1990, the Indian community in Japan remained centred on the Kobe area. However, after 1990, the numbers in Tokyo began to show a sharp increase. Migrants who arrived in the 1990s included industrial trainees sent by Japanese car manufacturers which had set up factories in India. IT professionals and their families also came to Tokyo, settling primarily in Setagaya and Minato wards.