Japanese in the United Kingdom

  • Japanese in the UK
The Brighton Japan Festival in 2011
Total population
  • Ethnic Japanese
  • 29,510 (England and Wales only, 2021)
  • UK residents born in Japan
  • 43,000 (2015 ONS estimate)
  • Japanese nationals residing in the UK
  • 67,258 (2014 MOFA estimate)
Regions with significant populations
Greater London and South East England
Languages
Japanese and British English
Religion
Mahayana Buddhism, Shinto, Protestantism, Confucianism, Roman Catholicism, Taoism, Orthodox, Islam, Judaism, Anglicanism

Japanese in the United Kingdom include British citizens of Japanese ancestry (Japanese: 日系イギリス人, Hepburn: Nikkei Igirisujin) or permanent residents of Japanese birth or citizenship, as well as expatriate business professionals and their dependents on limited-term employment visas, students, trainees and young people participating in the UK government-sponsored Youth Mobility Scheme.

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