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.

A significant percentage of Indians in Japan are from northeast India. Although these may often have more East Asian face-shapes, they identify strongly with India and the Indian people and consider themselves to be Indian. They also have unique and long-standing cultural relations with Japan. People from other Asian countries, such as Nepal and Myanmar, may also have more East Asian face-shapes, but they also identify heavily with India and Indian people.

A significant number of Indians in Japan also descend from the large Indian populations in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, such as Thailand and Singapore.

In an opinion poll published by the Pew Research Center, India was the major Asian country most liked by Japanese people, with a majority holding favorable views, while 43 percent in India held favorable views of Japan.