Japanese people in India explained

Group:Japanese people in India
在インド日本人
Zai Indo Nihonjin
Population:8,145 (October 2022)[1] [2] [3]
Regions:ChennaiBangaloreKolkataGurgaonNew DelhiVisakhapatnam
Langs:Indian LanguagesEnglishJapanese
Rels:Mahayana BuddhismShintoChristianity
Related:Japanese diaspora

There is a small which consists mainly of expatriates from Japan or Indian-born people of Japanese ancestry.

Settlement

Bangalore

In Bangalore, the Japanese community has increased by approximately 3000 in the last few years. The vast majority of the community works for Toyota Kirloskar, Honda, Fujitsu, Komatsu, Hitachi, Tsujikawa, Keihin, and 80 other Japanese corporates.[4] Bangalore attracts over 1800 Japanese business visitors every month.[5] The Karnataka government has announced to set up an industrial township on 1,000 acres of land outside Bangalore for Japanese manufacturers.[6] The Department of Foreign Languages at Bangalore University teaches Japanese. Bangalore has a Japanese-influenced Sakra World Hospital, a Kenkos store for lifestyle products.

The Japanese Association of Bengaluru runs a Japanese Supplementary School Hoshū jugyō kō or (補習授業校), or hoshūkō (補習校) in the premises of Trio World Academy.[7] which is a Japanese-friendly school.

Japan Habba[8] (Japan Festival) has been held in Bangalore since 2005 and about 1,000 Japanese people from various parts of India travel to Bangalore to join in the festival.[9] Many Japanese restaurants exist in Bangalore, and some are owned by Japanese people.

Chennai

Chennai is home to the largest Japanese community in India around 8200 members. Chennai has traditionally respected and valued Japanese culture and discipline. As of 2015, around 577 Japanese companies are present in Chennai, which represents more than a third of the Japanese companies in India.[10] Japanese language centers have sprung up and American International School Chennai has opened a center that teaches the language; there are about 55 Japanese restaurants while hotels continue to add Japanese cuisine to their menus.[11] The Japanese influence in the city has resulted in a keen interest in the Japanese language among the people of Chennai, who learn it to better understand Japanese culture and the language's traditional linguistic similarity to Tamil, the official language of Tamil Nadu. Some also learn Japanese to explore new business opportunities. The Indo-Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IJCCI) aims to increase cultural competence between India and Japan. They regularly host Japanese cultural events to expose the Chennai community to an otherwise unknown culture.[12] Chennai has the largest number of JLPT test takers among the cities that offer the test in India.[13] [14]

The number of Japanese expatriates is expected to rise with the development of a 1500-acre Japanese township on the outskirts of Chennai.

Haldia

The Japanese community of Haldia is mostly engineers and top executives at Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation’s (MCC) PTA (Purified Terephthalic Acid) plant in the city. The community have been living in the mini Japanese township called Sataku (Japantown) for many years. Sataku has many Japanese restaurants and a local Japanese news station. Japanese movies are also shown in local theaters. Haldia is the only Indian city to have a Japantown.

The only problem for tourists to this Japantown is that it is not open to public. You need to be invited as a guest of one of the residents to gain entry to the complex. Also, the exact location is not available on Google Maps and not known to most locals or local traffic police. It is located in the Huzur tehsil and the Phanda block. According to the 2011 census of India, Haldia Sataku has a population of 1,814 people.

The commissioning of the PTA plant and subsequent expansions have seen the arrival of many Japanese executives. While a few have returned, many stayed back in this quaint township, thousands of miles away from their home land. The next phase of expansion promises to bring in more Japanese expatriates to this new industrial hub in West Bengal.[15]

Gujarat

There were 321 Japanese establishments and 347 Japanese citizens residing in Gujarat as of March 2019.[16]

Education

List of Japanese international schools in India:

Supplementary programmes (hoshu jugyo ko or hoshuko):[17]

The Calcutta Japanese School (カルカタ日本人学校 Karukata Nihonjin Gakkō), a day school was established but not longer exists.[21] The hoshuko in Kolkata also closed.[22]

Notable people

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: インド（India）. Mofa.go.jp. 18 December 2017.
  2. https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/toko/tokei/hojin/index.html
  3. https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/files/100436737.pdf
  4. News: More Japanese companies root for facilities in Bangalore. Deccan Herald. 2015-05-25.
  5. Web site: Bangalore Woos Japanese Visitors. Dec 27, 2012. Blogs.wsj.com. 2015-05-25.
  6. News: Karnataka plans 'walk to work' industrial townships. Business Standard India. 2010-11-16. 2015-05-25. Mahesh. Kulkarni.
  7. News: Karnataka beckons Japanese companies. The Hindu. April 19, 2014. 2015-05-25. 0971-751X. en. Madhumathi D.. S.
  8. Web site: Bring out your kimonos for Japan habba. https://web.archive.org/web/20190208114035/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2019/feb/02/bring-out-your-kimonos-for-japan-habba-1933235.html. dead. February 8, 2019. The New Indian Express. 2019-02-28.
  9. Web site: Overseas Indian: Connecting India with its Diaspora . 2010-10-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120305205324/http://overseasindian.in/2009/june/news/20090106-103513.shtml . 2012-03-05 . dead .
  10. Web site: Japanese Cos Eye Larger TN Footprint. https://web.archive.org/web/20151117030820/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Japanese-Cos-Eye-Larger-TN-Footprint/2015/04/17/article2768362.ece. dead. November 17, 2015. Newindianexpress.com. 18 December 2017.
  11. Web site: Land of the rising yen. 15 April 2013. Thehindubusinessline.com. 18 December 2017.
  12. Web site: IJCCI About Page. 12 September 2018.
  13. Web site: Number of Applicants and Examinees by Test Site. Jlpt.jp. 18 December 2017.
  14. Web site: Number of Applicants and Examinees by Test Site. Jlpt.jp. 18 December 2017.
  15. Web site: Business News - Latest Stock Market and Economy News India. Businesstoday.intoday.in. 18 December 2017.
  16. Web site: Bullet Train Project: December deadline for land acquisition missed, says Japan . The Indian Express . 15 March 2019 . en-IN . 12 March 2019.
  17. Web site: アジアの補習授業校一覧（平成25年4月15日現在）：文部科学省. https://web.archive.org/web/20140330214851/http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/clarinet/002/006/001/002/001.htm. dead. 30 March 2014. 30 March 2014. 18 December 2017.
  18. Web site: ■学校案内. Jschool2013.jimdo.com. 18 December 2017.
  19. "アジアの補習授業校一覧（平成25年4月15日現在）" . Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Retrieved on February 13, 2015. "チェンナイ Japanese School Educational Trust of Chennai Inside American International School Chennai, 100 Feet Road, Taramani, Chennai, 600113, INDIA"
  20. "ＨＡＮＤＢＯＯＫ（学校案内英字版）." Japanese School Educational Trust of Chennai. Retrieved on February 13, 2015. Japanese names from: "学校沿革史": " 4月補習校設立の気運。６月マドラス日本語補習教室設立。 [...] ＜ 平成１０年(1998)度＞〔児童・生徒16名〕４月チェンナイ日本語補習校に校名変更。[...] ＜平成１６年(2004)度＞[...]３月教育信託団体証書登録「チェンナイ補習授業校（Japanese School Educational Trust of Chennai）」名に変更 " - "学校案内 ": "チェンナイには「チェンナイ日本人会」"
  21. Web site: 過去に指定・認定していた在外教育施設：文部科学省. Mext.go.jp. 18 December 2017.
  22. "アジアの補習授業校一覧" . MEXT. January 2, 2003. Retrieved on April 7, 2015. "カルカタ 休 校 中"
  23. Web site: Indiablooms. Odissi, the Japanese connection Indiablooms - First Portal on Digital News Management. 2022-02-10. Indiablooms.com. en.
  24. Web site: Profile Kimiko YANAGIDA Gure Subash Ch. Swain. 2022-02-10. odissi-japan.com.
  25. Web site: 2022-01-27. For these Japanese artists, Indian classical dance Odissi is a way of life. 2022-02-10. Asian Community News. en-US.
  26. Web site: 2018-06-28. Odia rapper Samir Rishu Mohanty aka Big Deal on how he reclaimed his identity through music . 2022-02-10. Firstpost. en.

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