One of every 30 Japanese babies has foreign parent
One of every 30 babies born in Japan in 2006 had at least one parent originating from overseas, according to a recent government survey.
Around 19,000 of the babies had non-Japanese fathers, 26,000 had non-Japanese mothers and 9,000 had parents who were both from abroad, according to the survey. North and South Korean nationals formed the largest group among non-Japanese fathers, followed by Chinese and Brazilians. Among the non-Japanese mothers, Chinese were the largest group, followed by women from the Philippines and North and South Korea. More children born with a foreign parent | Japan Times |
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Australia is one of the most multicultural countries and Japan is one of the least |
Are many of these foreigners nikkeijin or sankeijin? There are many Japanese descendants in Brazil, and Japan welcomes people back to the country after they've left or if they're children of japanese folk. these things together make me wonder if many of the foreign parents with new babies are children of Japanese ancestry.
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I too have to wonder the same thing. As long as one side doesn`t have Japanese citizenship, the child is listed as having a foreign parent. This will include the Chinese and Korean populations of Japan - most of which were born in Japan, have never been outside of Japan, and only speak Japanese. Then again, with how few babies are being born, it`s certainly not completely unthinkable.
Although I have a feeling that most of the babies were born to Asian + Japanese couples, and will look entirely Japanese. Those who aren`t, I`m guessing have a pretty high chance of moving out of Japan... As it seems like that`s the popular thing to do if the foreign side is from anywhere other than Asia. Even more so, obviously, if both parents are from outside Japan. |
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i'm not sure why this is a big deal, though. Japan doesn't have a law comparable to the U.S. where those children are automatically citizens. Maybe it's just an example of declining birth rates among Japanese? |
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I'd say we are here in the US... Freakin' I go right I'm in Little Korea, left Warsaw, forward Little Italy...I could go on. XDD |
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and then all the EU countries. 'Cause they're all so close. Arn't people from Australia ancestors of British prisoners? |
This is...quite a surprising statistic.
I never would have imagined it was so high. |
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Even if one parent is from another East Asian country (I should have used that term rather than general "Asia") - I would love to see you try to identify any of them. Japan is not homogeneous in appearance. There is a wide variety, and half Thai, Cambodian, Filipino, etc fit right in if they`ve been raised in Japan. |
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I don't find this statistic shocking at all. "Foreign" includes everyone who wasn't born in Japan so. |
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Their appearance would no doubt fall within the darker end of the scale of normal - but still be normal for Japanese. One of our family friends is half Cambodian. You`d never know it if he didn`t tell you... And there is one half Thai child and one half Filipino child in my son`s school. You`d also never know it if you weren`t told. |
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This topic came up because 1 in 30 having a foreign parent doesn`t mean that it will give a more varied, international appearance to Japan... As most of the foreign parents are from other east Asian countries - so the children will blend in perfectly if they`ve been raised here. The being raised here is an important point, as there are a lot of Chinese/Koreans who could easily pass as Japanese by appearance - but who are completely unable to due to fashion, mannerisms, etc. They dress and just move differently. |
I look forwards to adding to the statistics of 1 baby every 30. :D
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let's not forget that it is a good thing!
mixed blood leads to more healthy people! also half japanese-white girls...are WAY hotter (in general) than the J-Purebreed |
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Im actually surprised by this number maybe it has something to do with the declining birthrates and having the world fastest aging population. Which the Japanese government is trying to enact programs to help with the situation. What i wonder is will that number grow as the birth rate drops. We could see Japan become more multi-cultural one day but not anytime soon. |
Well done to Japan for preserving its indigenous culture
Well done to Japan for preserving its indigenous culture: - it's a shame the UK can't do the same. Here, about 1 in 4 babies born today have a foreign-born mother (I'm not sure what the statistics are for both parents or fathers). Ok, I admit, my mother is foreign-born, but New Zealanders are actually helping to keep the UK's culture intact, as it has more in common with how the UK once was before all this funky multiculturalism arrived.
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hopefully the statistic can make the japanese know the importance of speaking english in the future..
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It would be a travesty to see the Anglo-Saxon culture, which has given more to the world than any other culture, die out simply because people thought it was passé and that foreign cultures were funky and trendy. |
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and its quite a fallacy to think a halfie with a SEAsian parent is always going to be in the darker end of normal.... |
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