Japanese people in China

In October 2018, there were 171,763 Japanese nationals living in the People's Republic of China (excluding the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau), and 24,280 Japanese nationals living in the Republic of China (Taiwan).

[3] From 630 to 894 AD, Japan sent nineteen diplomatic missions to China started by Emperor Jomei.

Tang dynasty China received 11 Japanese dancers as tribute from Balhae in year 777.

However, following the end of the war, approximately 2,800 Japanese orphans in China were left behind by families repatriating back to Japan.

[6][7] The 2010 Census of the People's Republic of China recorded 66,159 foreign nationals from Japan residing in Mainland China (figure excluding Hong Kong and Macau),[8] representing nearly half of the Japanese Foreign Affairs Ministry figure.