Arabs in Japan

	Number of Arabs in Japan by nationality
Egypt	2,273 (2023)
Syria	1,091 (2022)
Tunisia	733 (2022)
Morocco	677 (2022)
Saudi Arabia	385 (2021)
Sudan	278 (2022)
Algeria	229 (2018)
Jordan	224 (2022)
Iraq	160 (2022)
Lebanon	157 (2022)
Yemen	133 (2022)
UAE	87 (2018)
Palestine	82 (2022)
Libya	70 (2018)
Kuwait	41 (2018)
Oman	37 (2022)
Bahrain	27 (2016)
Qatar	26 (2018)
Mauritania	24 (2016)
Somalia	14 (2016)
Djibouti	10 (2016)
Comoros	1 (2016)
Total	6,613

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]

History

Early history

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

Sultan Nour, politician (Syrian parents)
Carlos Ghosn, businessman (Lebanese parents)
Mei Shigenobu, journalist (Palestinian father)^[7]
Ken Noguchi, mountaineer (Egyptian mother)
Erika Sawajiri, actress (Algerian mother, raised in Japan)
Osama el-Samni, soccer player (Egyptian father)
Fairouz Ai, voice actress (Egyptian father, raised in Egypt and Japan)
Elly Akira, actress (Syrian father)

References

^ Nagy, Stephen Robert (2015-11-30). Japan's Demographic Revival: Rethinking Migration, Identity And Sociocultural Norms. World Scientific. ISBN 978-981-4678-89-6.
^ "法務省". www.moj.go.jp. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
^ ^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.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "法務省". www.moj.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
^ 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.
^ "May Shigenobu: Daughter of the Japanese Red Army". BBC News. 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2023-12-22.

[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.

[:0-3] ^ ^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.

[:1-5] "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.

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Nation	Population
Number of Arabs in Japan by nationality
Egypt	2,273 (2023)^[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

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