Japanese people in Singapore
在シンガポール日本人 Zai Shingapōru Nihonjin | |
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Japanese Garden in Singapore | |
| Total population | |
| 32,743 (October 2022) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Singapore | |
| Languages | |
| Japanese, English, Mandarin, Malay | |
| Religion | |
| Buddhism, Shinto, Tenrikyo, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Japanese diaspora, Japanese people, Singaporeans |
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The Japanese people in Singapore (在シンガポール日本人, Zai Shingapōru Nihonjin), consists either of corporate employees and their families, permanent residents, or Singaporeans of Japanese descent.
The first Japanese person to settle in Singapore was Yamamoto Otokichi, who arrived in 1862. Larger-scale migration from Japan to Singapore is believed to have begun in the early 1870s, shortly after the Meiji Restoration.