[2] The first Uzbeks settled to Japan during the Soviet-era in the 1970s, where most of them worked in factories.
[citation needed] Since the independence of Uzbekistan, the population of Uzbeks in Japan grew rapidly.
It also make the fifth largest Muslim community in Japan after Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Malaysia.
Many Uzbeks are students or factory and restaurant workers, as well as those working as translators for Russians.
[3] There are also a few Japanese-Uzbek non-profit organisations made by Uzbek community and Japanese volunteers.