French people in Japan
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.png) Members of the first French military mission to Japan in 1867 | |
| Total population | |
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| 16,215 (in December, 2024)[1][2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Tokyo · Yokohama · Sapporo | |
| Languages | |
| French · Japanese | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Roman Catholicism, Shinto · Protestantism · Judaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| French diaspora |
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| French people |
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There is a small community of French people in Japan, consisting of approximately 13,000 people[3].
The French community in Japan has been steadily increasing, rising by more than 35% in the last decade.[4] French expatriates who are working in Japan with leading foreign companies came from many different industries such as chemicals and crystal-ware.[5] As far as inbound tourism from France is concerned, France ranked at 15th place in 2018, with 304,900 French tourists visiting Japan.[6]
There are four bilingual schools, 60 cultural associations, and over 700 companies in Japan.[citation needed]
From 15,000 French people in Japan about 7,500 of them live in Tokyo alone, which makes it the largest European population in Tokyo. Many of them work in a French restaurant or at pastry. The numbers of pastries led by French pastry chef in Japan has increased since the past 10 years.[citation needed]
