French people in Japan

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French people in Japan

Members of the first French military mission to Japan in 1867
Total population
15,153 (in December, 2023)[1][2]
Regions with significant populations
Tokyo · Yokohama · Sapporo
Languages
Japanese · French
Religion
Predominantly Roman Catholicism, Shinto · Protestantism · Judaism
Related ethnic groups
French diaspora

There is a small community of French people in Japan, consisting largely of expatriate professionals from France and their families.^{[citation needed]}