Nise Japanese
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 129 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Japan 125 million |
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| Significant Japanese diaspora in: | |
 Brazil
|
1,600,000 |
 United States
|
1,304,286 |
 China (PRC)
|
140,134 |
 Philippines
|
120,000 |
 Canada
|
109,740 |
 Peru
|
103,949 |
 Australia
|
89,133 (2015) |
 Thailand
|
70,337 (2016) |
 Germany
|
70,000 (2016) |
 United Kingdom
|
67,998 (2015) |
 Argentina
|
65,000 |
 France
|
38,349 (2014) |
 Singapore
|
36,963 (2015) |
 South Korea
|
36,708 (2014) |
 Mexico
|
28,100 |
 Hong Kong
|
27,429 (2015) |
 Malaysia
|
22,000 (2014) |
 Taiwan
|
20,373 |
 Micronesia
|
20,000 |
| Languages | |
| Japanese, Portuguese, English, Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Mahayana Buddhist and Shinto, with minorities ascribing to Japanese new religions, Christianity, and other religions |
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^ note: For this country, only permanent residents with Japanese nationality are included, since the number of naturalized Japanese people and their descendants is unknown. |
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Japanese people (Japanese: Hepburn: nihonjin) are a nation and an ethnic group that is native to Japan and makes up 98.5% of the total population of that country. Worldwide, approximately 129 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 125 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live outside Japan are referred to as nikkeijin (日系人), the Japanese diaspora. The term is often used to refer to Japanese people, as well as to more specific ethnic groups in some contexts, such as Yamato people and Ryukyuan people.
The Japanese language is a Japonic language that is related to the Ryukyuan languages and was treated as a language isolate in the past. The earliest attested form of the language, Old Japanese, dates to the 8th century. Japanese phonology is characterized by a relatively small number of vowel phonemes, frequent gemination, and a distinctive pitch accent system. The modern Japanese language has a tripartite writing system using hiragana, katakana, and kanji. The language includes native Japanese words and a large number of words derived from the Chinese language. In Japan the adult literacy rate in the Japanese language exceeds 99%. Dozens of Japanese dialects are spoken in regions of Japan.
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