Ethnic Japanese may mean:
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Ethnic Japanese may mean:
- Japanese people
The are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries are referred to as...
, when referring to people of Japanese descent
- May also be used as a term to refer to the Yamato people
The are the dominant native ethnic group of Japan.It is a term that came to be used around the late 19th century to distinguish the residents of the mainland Japan from other minority ethnic groups who have resided in the peripheral areas of Japan such as Ainu, Ryukyuans, Nivkhs, Ulta, as well as...
as opposed to the minority peoples of Japan: the AinuThe are an indigenous ethnic group of Japan. Historically they spoke the Ainu language and related varieties and lived in HokkaidÅ, the Kuril Islands, and much of Sakhalin. Most of those who identify themselves as Ainu still live in this same region, though the exact number of living Ainu is...
, Ryukyuans, Burakuminare a Japanese social minority group. The burakumin are one of the main minority groups in Japan, along with the Ainu of HokkaidÅ, the Ryukyuans of Okinawa and the residents of Korean and Chinese descent....
and immigrant groups such as the Han ChineseHan Chinese are an ethnic group native to China and, by most modern definitions, the largest single ethnic group in the world.Han Chinese constitute about 92 percent of the population of the People's Republic of China , 98 percent of the population of the Republic of China , 75 percent of the...
and Koreans.
- Japanese diaspora
The Japanese diaspora, and its individual members known as , are Japanese emigrants from Japan and their descendants to other parts of the world...
, when referring to people of Japanese descent not living in Japan