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Black people in Japan (黒人系日本人, Kokujinkei nihonjin /Nipponjin) are Japanese residents or citizens of sub-Saharan African ancestry.
12 lip 2021 · The real-life Yasuke was an African who arrived in Japan in the 16th century, as a bodyguard to a Jesuit emissary. In 1579, after impressing Oda Nobunaga, the de facto ruler of Japan, Yasuke was invited to serve the warlord as a military retainer, or samurai.
3 sie 2024 · The University of Oxford’s Natalia Doan whose research and teaching specializes in Japanese history, transnationalism, and popular culture, states that “…hundreds of black people lived and worked in Japan during the 16th century. They worked as interpreters, soldiers, entertainers and more.”
9 cze 2024 · The Japanese traditional wear is a near replica of Nigerian traditional wear. - Hundreds of Japanese names can be listed that have the same meaning as the older African names, 90% of which are exactly Nigerian names, ie originating or utilized first by the Igbo, Edo, Yoruba, Hausa etc.
22 wrz 2020 · Some half-Black Japanese people hesitate about referring to themselves as hafu because people will tell them that they're not, according to Miyazaki.
26 sie 2022 · Fostering Japan-Africa business growth. JETRO’s Japan Expo saw more than 150 companies and institutions showcase their products and services for sustainable African growth at TICAD 7 in 2019...
29 lip 2023 · This chapter explores the impact that the discourse of representation and diversity in the United States, the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, and demographic changes, particularly the growth of diasporic African communities in Japan since the 1980s, have had on Japanese perceptions of “whiteness,” “blackness,” and “Japaneseness.”
