Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Japanese people (日本人 Nihonjin Nipponjin) are an ethnic group native to Japan. Japanese make up 98.5% of the total population.Worldwide approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries are referred to as nikkeijin (日系人). The term ethnic Japanese may also be used in some contexts to refer to a locus of ethnic groups including the Yamato Ainu and Ryukyuan people.
