Japanese diaspora
Japanese emigrants and descendants residing in foreign countries outside of Japan
Japanese diaspora
The Japanese diaspora and its individual members, known as Nikkei (Japanese: 日系, IPA: [ɲikkeː]) or as Nikkeijin (Japanese: 日系人, IPA: [ɲikkeꜜːʑiɴ]), comprise the Japanese emigrants from Japan (and their descendants) residing in a country outside Japan. Emigration from Japan was recorded as early as the 15th century to the Philippines, but did not become a mass phenomenon until the Meiji period (1868–1912), when Japanese emigrated to the Philippines and to the Americas. There was significant emigration to the territories of the Empire of Japan during the period of Japanese colonial expansion (1875–1945); however, most of these emigrants repatriated to Japan after the 1945 surrender of Japan ended World War II in Asia. According to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about 5 million Nikkei live in their adopted countries. The largest of these foreign communities are in Brazil, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Philippines, China, Canada, and Peru. Descendants of emigrants from...
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