Koreans in JapanKoreans in Osaka, Japan in 1938 |
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4,000,000 (total population including Koreans with Japanese citizenship)
- 432,444 (only including Korean citizens living in Japan in December 2024)
- South Korea: 409,238
(in December, 2024)
- North Korea: 23,206
(December 2024)
- Special Permanent Residents: 281,295 people
- General permanent residents: 75,771 people
- Technology/humanities/international services: 24,298 people
- Study abroad: 14,906 people
- Japanese spouse, etc.: 11,907 people
- Family stay: 9,108 people
- Permanent resident: 7,224 people
- Business and management: 2,681 people
- Specific activities: 2,013 people
- Spouse of permanent resident: 2,109 people
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| Tokyo (Shin-Ōkubo) · Osaka Prefecture (Ikuno-ku) |
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| Japanese · Korean (Zainichi Korean) · Jeju |
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| Buddhism · Shinto · Korean shamanism · Christianity · Irreligion |
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| Other Koreans, especially Sakhalin Koreans |
Koreans constitute the second largest ethnic minority group in Japan after Chinese immigrants. The majority of Koreans in Japan are Zainichi Koreans, often known simply as Zainichi: ethnic Koreans who immigrated to Japan during the Japanese rule of Korea and are citizens or permanent residents of Japan, and their descendants. Other waves of Korean immigration have occurred, both before and after, most recently during the 1980s.