Vietnamese people in Japan
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 634,361 (in December, 2024) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Tokyo, Osaka (Ikuno-ku), Yokohama, Kobe (Nagata-ku, Hyogo-ku) | |
| Languages | |
| Japanese, Vietnamese | |
| Religion | |
| Vietnamese folk religion, Buddhism, Catholicism, Shintoism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Vietnamese people |
Vietnamese people in Japan (在日ベトナム人, Zainichi Betonamujin) (Vietnamese: Người Việt tại Nhật Bản) form Japan's second-largest community of foreign residents ahead of Koreans in Japan and behind Chinese in Japan, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Justice. In December, 2024, there were 634,361 legally resident. Whereas, in 2007, there were only about 35,000 Vietnamese legally living in Japan. At that time, the majority of Vietnamese legal residents lived in the Kantō region and Keihanshin area.