Arabs in Japan

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]

Number of Arabs in Japan by nationality
Nation	Population
Egypt	4,183 (2022)[3]
Syria	1,091 (2022)[3]
Tunisia	733 (2022)[3]
Morocco	677 (2022)[3]
Saudi Arabia	385 (2021)[4]
Sudan	278 (2022)[3]
Algeria	229 (2018)[3]
Jordan	224 (2022)[3]
Iraq	160 (2022)[3]
Lebanon	157 (2022)[3]
Yemen	133 (2022)[3]
UAE	87 (2018)[3]
Palestine	82 (2022)[3]
Libya	70 (2018)[3]
Kuwait	41 (2018)[3]
Oman	37 (2022)[3]
Bahrain	27 (2016)[5]
Qatar	26 (2018)[3]
Mauritania	24 (2016)[5]
Somalia	14 (2016)[5]
Djibouti	10 (2016)[5]
Comoros	1 (2016)[5]
Total	6,613

History

Early history

There are isolated records of contact between Arab countries and Japan before the opening of the country in 1853. Some elements of

• Sultan Nour, politician (Syrian parents)
• Carlos Ghosn, businessman (Lebanese parents)
• Mei Shigenobu, journalist (Palestinian father)^[7]
• Ken Noguchi, mountaineer (Egyptian mother)
• Erika Sawajiri, actress (Algerian mother, raised in Japan)
• Osama el-Samni, soccer player (Egyptian father)
• Fairouz Ai, voice actress (Egyptian father, raised in Egypt and Japan)
• Elly Akira, actress (Syrian father)

References