| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 49,089 (in June, 2023)[1][2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Greater Tokyo Area, Isesaki,[3] Chūkyō Metropolitan Area (near Nagoya)[4] | |
| Languages | |
| Japanese and Peruvian Spanish | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Peruvians, Japanese Argentines, Japanese Uruguayans, Japanese Brazilians |
There are in June 2023 49,089 Peruvians in Japan.[1][5] The majority of them are descendants of earlier Japanese immigrants to Peru who have repatriated to Japan.[6]
In 1990, Japan introduced a new ethnicity-based immigration policy which aimed to encourage Japanese descendants overseas to come to Japan and fill the country's need for foreign workers.[6] From 1992 to 1997, data from Peru's Ministry of the Interior showed Japan as the fourteenth-most popular destination for Peruvian emigrants, behind the Netherlands and ahead of Costa Rica.[7]
Among the expatriate communities in Japan, Peruvians accounted for the smallest share of those who returned to their homelands after the global recession began in 2008. In January 2013, a number of Peruvian organizations came together to form the Asociacion de Peruanos en Japon (Association of Peruvians in Japan), dedicated to facilitating integration into Japanese society.[8]
There are the following Peruvian international schools (ペルー学校) in Japan:
