Japanese people in India
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There is a small community of who are mainly expatriates from Japan
. Most of them in live in Bangalore
, Kolkata
and most notably, Haldia
.
are mostly engineers and top executives at Mitsubishi
Chemicals Corporation’s (MCC) PTA (Purified Terephthalic Acid) plant in the city. The community have been living in the mini Japanese township called Sataku (Japantown
) for many years. Sataku has many Japanese restaurants and a local Japanese news station. Japanese movies are also shown in local theaters. Haldia is the only Indian city to have a Japantown
.
The commissioning of the PTA plant and subsequent expansions have seen the arrival of many Japanese executives. While a few have returned, many stayed back in this quaint township, thousands of miles away from their home land. The next phase of expansion promises to bring in more Japanese expatriates to this new industrial hub in West Bengal.
has a small Japanese community of 400, mostly working in Toyota Kirloskar and over the years they have adopted Bangalore as their second home. Moreover, they have succeeded in attracting many Bangaloreans to know more about Japan and its culture. The growing Japanese influence in the city could be well-gauged from 105 students of Bangalore learning Japanese at the department of foreign languages, Bangalore University. Japan Habba (Japan Festival) is held in Bangalore since 2005 and and about 1,000 Japanese people from various parts of India travel to Bangalore to join in the festival.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Most of them in live in Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
and most notably, Haldia
Haldia
Haldia has a typical moderate climate with winter temperatures ranging from a low of around 7 degrees Celsius to a high of 22 degrees Celsius. Winters are chilly and is when the residents hold the Haldia Utsav festival. Summers can be very hot and humid. Usual summer temperatures in May, the...
.
Haldia
The Japanese community of HaldiaHaldia
Haldia has a typical moderate climate with winter temperatures ranging from a low of around 7 degrees Celsius to a high of 22 degrees Celsius. Winters are chilly and is when the residents hold the Haldia Utsav festival. Summers can be very hot and humid. Usual summer temperatures in May, the...
are mostly engineers and top executives at Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi
The Mitsubishi Group , Mitsubishi Group of Companies, or Mitsubishi Companies is a Japanese multinational conglomerate company that consists of a range of autonomous businesses which share the Mitsubishi brand, trademark and legacy...
Chemicals Corporation’s (MCC) PTA (Purified Terephthalic Acid) plant in the city. The community have been living in the mini Japanese township called Sataku (Japantown
Japantown
is a common name for official Japanese communities in big cities outside Japan. Alternatively, a Japantown may be called J-town, Little Tokyo, or Nihonmachi , the first two being common names for the Japanese communities in San Francisco and Los Angeles, respectively.-North America:Japantowns were...
) for many years. Sataku has many Japanese restaurants and a local Japanese news station. Japanese movies are also shown in local theaters. Haldia is the only Indian city to have a Japantown
Japantown
is a common name for official Japanese communities in big cities outside Japan. Alternatively, a Japantown may be called J-town, Little Tokyo, or Nihonmachi , the first two being common names for the Japanese communities in San Francisco and Los Angeles, respectively.-North America:Japantowns were...
.
The commissioning of the PTA plant and subsequent expansions have seen the arrival of many Japanese executives. While a few have returned, many stayed back in this quaint township, thousands of miles away from their home land. The next phase of expansion promises to bring in more Japanese expatriates to this new industrial hub in West Bengal.
Bangalore
BangaloreBangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
has a small Japanese community of 400, mostly working in Toyota Kirloskar and over the years they have adopted Bangalore as their second home. Moreover, they have succeeded in attracting many Bangaloreans to know more about Japan and its culture. The growing Japanese influence in the city could be well-gauged from 105 students of Bangalore learning Japanese at the department of foreign languages, Bangalore University. Japan Habba (Japan Festival) is held in Bangalore since 2005 and and about 1,000 Japanese people from various parts of India travel to Bangalore to join in the festival.
Education
List of Japanese schools in India:- Bombay Japanese School
- Japanese School New DelhiNew DelhiNew Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
Notable people
- Arata IzumiArata Izumiis an Indian-Japanese football player, who currently plays attacking midfielder for Pune in the I-League.- Career :After graduating from high school, he joined Albirex Niigata FC of Singapore's S.League. He has played in India since he played in Japan Football League for one season.Arata wears the...
(和泉新) - football player - Surai SasaiSurai SasaiBhadant Nagarjun Arya Surai Sasai born ' popularly known as Sasai is a Japanese-born Buddhist bhikkhu who later chose India as his working destination. Susai came to India in 1966 and met Nichidatsu Fujii, whom he helped with the Peace Pagoda at Rajgir...
(佐々井秀嶺) - Japanese-born Indian Buddhist bhikkhuBhikkhuA Bhikkhu or Bhikṣu is an ordained male Buddhist monastic. A female monastic is called a Bhikkhuni Nepali: ). The life of Bhikkhus and Bhikkhunis is governed by a set of rules called the patimokkha within the vinaya's framework of monastic discipline...
(monk) - Ryuji SueokaRyuji Sueokais a Japanese football player. He is currently playing for Salgaocar S.C. in the I-League in India. Prior to this, he played for Mohun Bagan also in the I-League and before that for Bangkok United in the Thailand Premier League....
(末岡 龍二) - football player - Ashok SukumaranAshok Sukumaran- Biography :Sukumaran was born to a Japanese mother and an Indian father in Sapporo, Japan in 1974. Sukumaran grew up in Shimla, India.Sukumaran is a trained architect with a degree from School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi, India...
- Japanese-born Indian contemporary artist - Masako OnoMasako Onois a Japanese Odissi dancer. She has lived in India since 1996.Ono was selected as one of the 100 most respected and outstanding Japanese in the world in their respective fields by the Japanese issue of Newsweek in 2008, and was featured in a documentary series, First Japanese.-Biography:Ono...
(小野 雅子) - Japanese Odissi dancer
See also
- India-Japan relations
- Indians in JapanIndians in JapanIndians in Japan consist of migrants from India to Japan and their descendants. , there were 22,335 Indian nationals living in Japan. Roughly 60% consist of expatriate IT professionals and their families.-Migration history:...
- Japanese language education in IndiaJapanese language education in IndiaJapanese language education in India has experienced a boom in recent years, helping it to begin to catch up with foreign languages more traditionally popular among Indians, such as French and German...
- Japan-India AssociationJapan-India AssociationThe is a foundation. It was established in 1903 by former Prime Minister Shigenobu Ōkuma, Viscount Moriyoshi Nagaoka, Viscount Eiichi Shibusawa and others to create India-Japan friendship. The association contributed to India-Japan relations since the establishment.In 1939, the association was...