Kanteibyou Temple in Yokohama’s Chinatown
Most Chinese residents in Japan live in major urban areas, such as Tokyo, Yokohama, and Osaka, each of which has a recognised Chinatown as well as schools which use Chinese as the medium of instruction. One 1995 study estimated the Chinese population in Japan to be 150,000, among whom 50,000 to 100,000 spoke Chinese[1]; five years later, Japanese governmental statistics showed 335,575 Chinese residents