Ghanaians in Japan explained

Group:	Ghanaians in Japan
Pop:	2,857 (in December, 2023)^[1] ^[2]
Langs:	Japanese, English, French, Akan, Dagbani, Ewe, Ga
Rels:	Mainly Christianity, Islam, Shintoism, Buddhism
Related:	Ghanaians

Ghanaians in Japan are Japanese people of full or partial Ghanaian ancestry or Ghanaians who became naturalized citizens of Japan.

Overview

According to the foreign residents statistics of the Ministry of Justice, 2,005 Ghanaians are registered residents in Japan as of 2015.^[3] The number of Ghanaians arriving in Japan began to increase in the 1990s.^[4]

Notable Ghanaians in Japan

• Evelyn Mawuli
• Stephanie Mawuli
• Abdul Hakim Sani Brown
• Karen Nun-Ira
• Michael Yano
• Jefferson Tabinas
• Paul Tabinas
• Zion Suzuki

Notes and References

1. Web site: 【在留外国人統計（旧登録外国人統計）統計表】 | 出入国在留管理庁 . 2023-07-10 . 2023-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230928001229/https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/policies/statistics/toukei_ichiran_touroku.html . live .
2. Web site: 在留外国人統計（旧登録外国人統計） 在留外国人統計 月次 2023年12月 | ファイル | 統計データを探す. 政府統計の総合窓口.
3. Web site: 法務省：【在留外国人統計（旧登録外国人統計）統計表】. Moj.go.jp. 22 January 2018. 7 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171007122307/http://www.moj.go.jp/housei/toukei/toukei_ichiran_touroku.html. live.
4. News: Half-Japanese, half-Ghanaian brothers sing about prejudice they faced. 26 March 2017. Mainichi Daily News. 22 January 2018. 23 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072103/https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170326/p2g/00m/0et/001000c. live.