Kurds in Japan

Kurds in Japan
Kurdên Japonyayê
在日クルド人 (Zainichi Kurudo-jin)
Total population
2,000–3,000
Regions with significant populations
Southern Saitama (Kawaguchi, Warabi)
Languages
Kurdish, Turkish

Kurds in Japan (Japanese: 在日クルド人, Zainichi Kurudo-jin, Kurdish: Kurdên Japonyayê, Sorani Kurdish: کوردانی ژاپۆن) refers to Kurds residing in Japan. Kurds do not have a majority nation state and live in Kurdistan, a region that includes Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq in the Middle East and South Caucasus.

Beginning in Spring 2023, there has been a significant increase in anti-Kurdish sentiment in Japan. This was reportedly in part fueled by some Turkish people spreading anti-Kurdish messaging in the Japanese language using the social media platform X. Kurds have been receiving death threats and calls for their mass deportation.

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