Arabs in Japan
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在日アラブ人 Zainichi Arabujin | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Tokyo (mainly Shinjuku and Shibuya), Anjō, Chiba, Handa, Kariya, Kawasaki, Kōbe, Komaki, Kyoto, Nagoya, Ōsaka, Saitama, Sakai, Tōkai, Yokohama[citation needed] | |
| Languages | |
| Arabic, Japanese | |
| Religion | |
| Islam |
Arabs in Japan consist of Arab migrants that come to Japan, as well as their descendants.[1] In December 2016, there were 6,037 Arabs living in Japan.[2]
There are isolated records of contact between Arab countries and Japan before the opening of the country in 1853. Some elements of Islamic philosophy From Rashidun, Umayyad and Abbasid were also distilled as far as back as the Heian period. Early European accounts of Muslims and their contacts with Japan were maintained by Portuguese sailors who mention a passenger aboard their ship, an Arab who had preached Islam to the people of Japan. He had sailed to the islands in Malacca in 1555.[3]
