Pakistani Japanese: The growing Pakistani population in Japan

[Aepsilons]

This thread will be dedicated to the Pakistani Japanese. The life of Zainichi Pakisutanjin [Pakistani-Japanese] will be discussed here.

Background:


Pakistanis in Japan (在日パキスタン人 Zainichi Pakisutanjin) form the country's third-largest community of immigrants from a Muslim -majority country, trailing only the Indonesian and Bangladeshi community. As of 2011, official statistics showed 10,849 registered foreigners of Pakistani origin living in the country, up from 7,498 in 2000.

According to 2008 Japanese government figures, 19.9% of registered Pakistanis lived in Saitama, 17.8% in Tokyo, 12.3% in Kanagawa, 10.4% in Aichi, 8.98% in Chiba, 7.59% in Gunma, 6.02% in Ibaraki, 4.44% in Tochigi, 4.21% in Toyama, 3.27% in Shizuoka, and the remaining 4.98% in other prefectures of Japan.

 

[Rafi]

This thread will be dedicated to the Pakistani Japanese. The life of Zainichi Pakisutanjin [Pakistani-Japanese] will be discussed here.

Background:


Pakistanis in Japan (在日パキスタン人 Zainichi Pakisutanjin) form the country's third-largest community of immigrants from a Muslim -majority country, trailing only the Indonesian and Bangladeshi community. As of 2011, official statistics showed 10,849 registered foreigners of Pakistani origin living in the country, up from 7,498 in 2000.

According to 2008 Japanese government figures, 19.9% of registered Pakistanis lived in Saitama, 17.8% in Tokyo, 12.3% in Kanagawa, 10.4% in Aichi, 8.98% in Chiba, 7.59% in Gunma, 6.02% in Ibaraki, 4.44% in Tochigi, 4.21% in Toyama, 3.27% in Shizuoka, and the remaining 4.98% in other prefectures of Japan.

Tell you what - dated a girl half Pakistani, half Japanese - was the hottest thing.

 

[Aepsilons]

Migration history



As early as 1950, only three years after the Partition of India which created the Pakistani state, there were recorded to be four Pakistanis living in Japan.However, Pakistani migration to Japan would not grow to a large scale until the 1980s. The later Pakistani migrants in Japan largely come from a muhajir background; their family history of migration made them consider working overseas as a "natural choice" when they found opportunities at home to be too limited. While Pakistanis saw North America as a good destination to settle down and start a business, Japanese employment agencies commonly advertised in Karachi newspapers in the 1980s, when Japan offered some of the highest wages in the world for unskilled labour; it came to be preferred as a destination by single male migrants, who came without their families. The wages they earned could reach as high as twenty times what they made in Pakistan. Another attraction of Japan over other traditional migration destinations, particularly the Middle East, was the social freedom it offered to migrants; some young Pakistanis came not so much out of economic motives, but instead out of a desire to find freedom which seemed unattainable at home or in other Muslim countries.

Religion


Many Japanese wives of Pakistani migrants have converted to Islam, and in fact form the largest group of native Japanese converts to Islam. They often send their children to mosques so that they can learn about their ancestral religion and study the Arabic Language.

 

[Aepsilons]

Japanese - Pakistani Beauty

Japanese mother, Pakistani father

Japanese actor Masuda Ryo. His father is Pakistani; his mother is Japanese

 

[Dubious]

Japanese - Pakistani Beauty

Japanese mother, Pakistani father

Japanese actor Masuda Ryo. His father is Pakistani; his mother is Japanese

Nice mix!! Didnt know this actor had a Pakistani father!

 

[That Guy]

Nice thread, I've always had a fascination with Japan, mostly because Japan's culture is so....independent(?) from the rest of the world. While it does historically have similarities with other regional nations, it's modern culture is an entity all on it's own.

 

[Aepsilons]

Japanese lady who is half Pakistani (father).

Such beautiful eyes....

Nice mix!! Didnt know this actor had a Pakistani father!

Japanese are very open to marriage with South Asian / Middle Eastern people, i think. I have a friend who married a Persian lady. He's Japanese, and she's Iranian-Japanese (100% Persian). He converted to Islam so they can marry. Their children are so handsome ! Very Beautiful babies.

Nice mix!! Didnt know this actor had a Pakistani father!

LOL! Its funny because a lot of the actors in Japanese dramas (specially the men) are casted are all Hapa (mixed). They have beautiful caucasian features. There's a lot of them that are part persian, part indian, part pakistani, or part american.

Persian - Japanese mixture.

Japanese - Pakistani guy.

 

[Dubious]

LOL! Its funny because a lot of the actors in Japanese dramas (specially the men) are casted are all Hapa (mixed). They have beautiful caucasian features. There's a lot of them that are part persian, part indian, part pakistani, or part american.

Persian - Japanese mixture.

Japanese - Pakistani guy.

OIC I didnt know that...good info

 

[Aepsilons]

Popular J-pop singer 'MAY J'. Her mother is Japanese and her father is Persian-Pakistani.

May J with a fan when she visited Oman. She is also muslim.

 

[EyanKhan]

Nice thread ! Hoping for a Pakistani-Japanese mangaka ! ( big fan of anime / manga )

 

[Aepsilons]

Full name: Sefat Farid Yu Darvish

Yu Darvish, famous Japanese national baseball pitcher. He played in the Japanese national team in the 2008 Olympics. His mother is Japanese, and his father is Pakistani of Persian origin.

Yu Darvish currently now plays for the Texas Rangers as a pitcher.



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Yu Darvish in front, his Dad behind him.

His father, Farsad.

Full name: Sefat Farid Yu Darvish

Yu Darvish, famous Japanese national baseball pitcher. He played in the Japanese national team in the 2008 Olympics. His mother is Japanese, and his father is Pakistani of Persian origin.

Yu Darvish currently now plays for the Texas Rangers as a pitcher.



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Yu Darvish in front, his Dad behind him.

His father, Farsad.

BTW: This guy is a GIANT. Yu Darvish is 6'5. He gets his height from his dad, i think...LOL..

 

[That Guy]

Nice thread ! Hoping for a Pakistani-Japanese mangaka ! ( big fan of anime / manga )

You mean like this?

 

[Aepsilons]

You mean like this?

lol, who's the younger sister? Bangladesh?

 

[That Guy]

lol, who's the younger sister? Bangladesh?

Yup.

The creator of this image did an entire manga on the region, and was even planning on doing an entire series on Pakistan, but the idea died when no one would agree to publish his manga.

 

[Aepsilons]