Japanese Venezuelans

Japanese Venezuelans
Japonés Venezolano
Total population
1,172
Regions with significant populations
Caracas, Puerto La Cruz, and Maracaibo.
Languages
Venezuelan Spanish, Japanese.
Religion
Roman Catholicism and Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Japanese Americans, Japanese Argentines, Japanese Brazilians, Japanese Colombians, Japanese Mexicans, Japanese Paraguayans, Japanese Peruvians, Japanese Uruguayans

Japanese Venezuelans are Venezuelan citizens who have full or partial Japanese ancestry. The first wave of Japanese came to Venezuela in 1931.