Japanese people in India
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 8,655 (2015) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Bangalore · Chennai · Kolkata · Haldia | |
| Languages | |
| Indian Languages · English · Japanese | |
| Religion | |
| Buddhism · Shinto · Christianity · Hinduism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Japanese diaspora |
There is a small Japanese community in India (在インド日本人 Zai Indo Nihonjin) which consists mainly of expatriates from Japan or Indian-born people of Japanese ancestry. Most of them live in Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai and most notably, Haldia.
Bangalore has seen a huge growth of Japanese community in last few years of approx 3000, mostly working in Toyota Kirloskar, Honda, Fujitsu, Komatsu, Hitachi, Tsujikawa, Keihin, and 80 other Japanese corporates. Bangalore attracts over 1800 Japanese business visitors every month. Karnataka government has announced to set up an industrial township on 1,000 acres of land outside Bangalore for Japanese manufacturer. The growing Japanese influence in the city could be well-gauged from 105 students of Bangalore learning Japanese at the department of foreign languages, Bangalore University.Bangalore has Japanese-style Sakra World Hospital,Kenkos store for lifestyle products,and Japanese friendly Trio World School.
Japan Habba (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. Many Japanese restaurants exist in Bangalore, and some are owned by Japanese people.
Chennai has a Japanese community of around 1500 members. Chennai has traditionally respected and valued Japanese culture and discipline. More than a third of the Japanese companies in India have their presence here. As of 2015, around 577 Japanese companies are present in Chennai. Japanese language centers have sprung up and American International School Chennai has opened a center that teaches the language; there are about half a-dozen Japanese restaurants while hotels continue to add Japanese cuisine to their menus. 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, and also to avail new business opportunities. Chennai has the largest number of JLPT test takers among the cities that offer the test in India.
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