Ethnic Japanese

Ethnic Japanese may mean:

  • Japanese people, when referring to people of Japanese descent
    • May also be used as a term to refer to the Yamato people as opposed to the minority peoples of Japan: the Ainu, Ryukyuans, Burakumin and immigrant groups such as the Han Chinese and Koreans.
  • Japanese diaspora, when referring to people of Japanese descent not living in Japan

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