Japanese people group in all countries

Japanese

The Japanese people group is reported in 48 countries

Photo Source: N-Y-C - Pixabay

Send us a photo of this people group

Prayer Cards

Population All Countries

119,242,000

People Cluster

Japanese

Number of Countries

Number Unreached

Largest Religion

Buddhism

Progress

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

Download Data Submit Update

Map Notes

Click column headings for sorting ▲▼

Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
☀︎
= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Country ▲	Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherents	% Evangelical	Bible Status	Online Bible	Jesus Film	Global Recordings	Est. Workers Needed *
American Samoa	800		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Argentina	38,000		Japanese	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	40.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
Australia	59,000		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	1.60 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Austria	2,000		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Belgium	4,700		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Bolivia	14,000		Japanese	Christianity	4 ●	60.00 %	9.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
Brazil	389,000		Japanese	Christianity	5 ●	63.50 %	15.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
Canada	91,000		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.80 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	2
China	6,900		Japanese	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
China, Hong Kong	10,000		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Denmark	1,800		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Dominica	900		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Dominican Republic	1,700		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Finland	1,700		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.20 %	0.30 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
France	30,000		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Germany	36,000		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Greece	1,000		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.60 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Guam	2,500		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Indonesia	14,000		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.30 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Italy	6,200		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Japan	117,205,000	●	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.20 %	0.30 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	2344
Korea, South	52,000		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Malaysia	16,000		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Marshall Islands	300		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Mexico	5,500		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Micronesia, Federated States	800		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Netherlands	5,500		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
New Zealand	25,000		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Northern Mariana Islands	800		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Palau	1,100		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Panama	2,300		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Paraguay	7,100		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Peru	163,000		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	3
Philippines	2,900		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Portugal	700		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Russia	16,000		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Samoa	1,500		Japanese	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Singapore	39,000		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.60 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Spain	6,200		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Sri Lanka	2,400		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.87 %	-1 Unknown	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Sweden	2,700		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Switzerland	5,300		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Taiwan	14,000		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Thailand	71,000		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.30 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
United Arab Emirates	3,900		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
United Kingdom	24,000		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
United States	847,000		Japanese	Buddhism	5 ●	25.00 %	15.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
Vietnam	9,800		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Totals: 48 ●	119,242,000			Buddhism	44 ● \| 2 ☀︎	1.60 %	0.46 %					2390

Other reported countries: 4

Japanese

Groups reported, but outside the Small People Group Policy conditions. Some may not be viable and/or have incorrect Progress Scale values. The groups listed below are not included in overall Joshua Project people group counts. For possible further information about these groups, please contact us.

Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Country ▲	Population	Progress Scale	Primary Language	Primary Religion
Cambodia	400	1 ●	Japanese	Buddhism
Congo, Republic of the	400	1 ●	Japanese	Ethnic Religions
Czechia	200	1 ●	Japanese	Buddhism
Falkland Islands	-1 Unknown	2 ●	Japanese	Christianity
Totals: 4

For more information see the Joshua Project Small People Group Policy

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

Prayer Cards Download Data Submit Update Meet a Laborer