What ethnic groups are dominant in Japan?

Japan is a multi-ethnic country. In addition to the Yamato ethnic group, there are also the Ryukyu ethnic group (estimated at about 6.5438+0.87 million) and the Ainu ethnic group (estimated at about 200,000), as well as the Oroqen ethnic group and the Nifhe ethnic group expelled from Russia. In addition, there are also lower-ranking tribal members within the Yamato clan.

According to the statistics of the Statistics Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, there are 654.38+24.77 million 6364 people (2065.438+09.65438+ 10). Although the Yamato nationality accounts for the majority of Japan's population, Japan is not a single nation-state in the strict sense.

Since the end of 19, Japan has accepted immigrants for many times and expanded its territory. There are also several ethnic minorities in China, including Ainu (about 200,000 people), Korean (about 860,000 people), China (about 920,000 people) and Ryukyu (estimated at about 6.5438+0.87 million people). Due to the lack of statistics, the number is unknown.

In Japan, most Japanese and foreigners in Japan speak Japanese, and the current lingua franca is called standard language or * * * lingua franca, based on the middle-class dialect in the Edo Yamanote area (now around the center of Tokyo). /kloc-Before the 7th century, Kyoto was the political and cultural center of Japan, and the local language was once the standard language of Japan.

But from Tokugawa, Tokugawa era and Japan, the language of Edo (now Tokyo) became the standard language of Japan. There are also different dialects in various parts of Japan, which can be mainly divided into East Japanese and West Japanese. The representative ones are Feng Jingen dialect (Kansai dialect), Tohoku dialect and Okinawa Japanese with Ryukyu accent and vocabulary.

There are also some minority languages, mainly Ryukyu language used by Ryukyu people in Ryukyu Islands and Ainu language whose mother tongue is less than 100.

population density

Japan's population density is 337 people per square kilometer, ranking 30th in the world, higher than India and lower than Belgium.

Japan's population density is about 336.8 people per square kilometer, with the largest population density in the Pacific coast and southern regions. In Japan, except for the four countries, there are metropolises with a population of more than 6.5438+0 million. Major cities are concentrated in the plains of coastal areas, and 90% of Japanese people are concentrated in Japan 10% area.

80% of the country's population lives in cities or big towns, more than 26% in the metropolitan area, and more than 49% in the metropolitan areas of Greater Tokyo, Kobe and China. The population density of Tokyo is 5,748 people per square kilometer.

At present, the population of Tokyo urban agglomeration (namely the metropolitan area) has reached more than 36.7 million, making it the largest metropolitan area in the world. But it also caused the problem of high land price in the capital circle, and Tokyo is one of the most expensive office locations in the world. In agriculture and fishing villages, a large number of young people leave for cities, which gradually leads to the problem of sparse population and aging in these areas.