Total population | |
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1.000 as of 2016.[1] More than 2,000–3,000 as of 2023.[2] The number of people who have been provisionally released while applying for refugee status is not known precisely because they do not have a certificate of residence and the municipality where they live was not notified if the person did not want to be notified.[3] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Southern Saitama (Kawaguchi, Warabi) | |
Languages | |
Kurdish, Turkish |
Kurds in Japan (Japanese: 在日クルド人, Zainichi Kurudo-jin, Kurdish: Kurdên Japonyayê) refers to Kurds residing in Japan. Kurds do not have a majority nation state and live in Kurdistan, a region that includes Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq in the Middle East and South Caucasus, so they cannot be identified as "Kurds" in Japan based on their nationality alone. Instead, they are mainly determined by their self-identification and other factors. In reports of incidents in Japan, they are often described as Turkish nationals, and it is sometimes difficult to tell whether they are Turkish or Kurdish.