Around that time fewer than 200 Japanese women and children previously in Germany returned to Japan by ship.

The largest group, making up about 6,000, resided in Düsseldorf, and there were other Japanese communities in Berlin and Hamburg.

The largest of its theme is the Japan Day in Düsseldorf which take place in May or June every year and has visitors of over 600,000.

Japan Day features the sale of Japanese foods, drinks, materials and goods, with many stands located on the Rhine river with a firework in the late evening.

Also many Japanese film festivals in Germany, the largest one is Nippon Connection in Frankfurt and many Japanese convention, most of them are associated with manga and Cosplays, including AnimagiC in Mannheim, Connichi in Kassel, Contaku in Magdeburg and NipponCon in Bremen.