Indonesians in Japan

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 2007, Japanese government figures recorded 30,620 legal residents of Indonesian nationality and estimated further 4,947 more were living in the country illegally.[2][3]

Indonesians in Japan
在日インドネシア人
Orang Indonesia di Jepang
Total population
49,982 (2017)
Regions with significant populations
Tokyo (Meguro), Nagoya, Osaka
Languages
Japanese, various languages of Indonesia
Religion
Islam · Christianity[1] · Buddhism · Hinduism

Demography and distribution

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 Greater Ōsaka 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
Sekolah Republik Indonesia Tokyo

The Sekolah Republik Indonesia Tokyo (SRIT), an Indonesian international school, is in Tokyo.

Notable people

See also

References

Notes
  1. Okushima 2006: 35
  2. Sakurai 2003: 33
  3. Sakurai 2003: 41
  4. Sakurai 2003: 43
  5. Sakurai 2003: 45
  6. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/7/12/268/htm

Sources
  • Okushima, Mika (2006). "日本のキリスト教会とインドネシア人－制度的背景と課題－ (Churches and Indonesian Migrants in Japan: Institutional Background and Challenge)" (PDF). Intercultural Communication Studies (18): 35–111. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2007-08-11.
  • Sakurai, Keiko (July 2003). 日本のムスリム社会 (Japan's Muslim Society). Chikuma Shobō. ISBN 4-480-06120-7.

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