There were 49,020 Peruvian residents in Japan in December 2025.令和7年末現在における在留外国人数について The majority of them are descendants of earlier Japanese immigrants to Peru who have repatriated to Japan.
Migration history In 1990, Japan introduced a new ethnicity-based immigration policy which aimed to encourage Japanese descendants overseas to come to Japan and fill Japan's need for foreign workers. From 1992 to 1997, Japan was the fourteenth-most popular destination for Peruvian emigrants, behind the Netherlands and ahead of Costa Rica.
Among the expatriate communities in Japan, Peruvians accounted for the smallest share of those who returned to their homelands after the global recession began in 2008. In January 2013, a number of Peruvian organizations came together to form the Asociacion de Peruanos en Japon (Association of Peruvians in Japan), dedicated to facilitating integration into Japanese society.
Media International Press (newspaper) IPC (television station)
Education There are the following Peruvian international schools (ペルー学校) in Japan: Mundo de Alegría - Hamamatsu Colegio Hispano Americano de Gunma - Isesaki, Gunma
See also
Japan–Peru relations Migration in Japan
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