在日ウズベキスタン人 | |
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Total population | |
6,591 (in December, 2023)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Tokyo, Nagoya, Chiba | |
Languages | |
Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Russian, Uyghur, Japanese | |
Religion | |
Islam (Predominately), Christianity (Russian Orthodox) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Uzbeks |
Uzbeks in Japan (Japanese: 在日ウズベキスタン人, Uzbek: Yaponiyadagi o'zbeklar) consist of Uzbeks who were born or immigrated to Japan. In December 2023, there were 6,591 Uzbeks living in Japan.[2]
History
[edit]The first Uzbeks settled to Japan at Soviet era in 1970s where most of them worked in factories.[citation needed]
Since the independence of Uzbekistan, the population of Uzbeks in Japan grow rapidly. From only 184 Uzbeks in 2000, it became almost 4,000 in 2018 making it one of the fastest growing foreign population in Japan. It is also the largest Central Asian and the second largest community from former Soviet Union after Russia. It also make the fifth largest Muslim community in Japan after Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Malaysia. Many Uzbeks are students, factory workers or work at Uzbek, Central Asian or Turkish restaurants. There are also many Uzbeks who work as a translator for Russians.[3] There are also an few Japanese-Uzbek non-profit organisations made by Uzbek community and Japanese volunteers.[4]
Notable people
[edit]- ANoRA, Uzbek-born Japanese singer
- Timur Dadabaev, Uzbek-born researcher, studied at Tsukuba University
- Arfiya Eri, Japanese politician with Uzbek-Uyghur background