Ghanaians in Japan
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{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Ghanaians in Japan
| pop = 2,857 (in December, 2023){{cite web | url=https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/policies/statistics/toukei_ichiran_touroku.html | title=【在留外国人統計（旧登録外国人統計）統計表】 | 出入国在留管理庁 | access-date=2023-07-10 | archive-date=2023-09-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928001229/https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/policies/statistics/toukei_ichiran_touroku.html | url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/files?page=1&layout=datalist&toukei=00250012&tstat=000001018034&cycle=1&year=20230&month=24101212&tclass1=000001060399&tclass2val=0|title=在留外国人統計（旧登録外国人統計） 在留外国人統計 月次 2023年12月 | ファイル | 統計データを探す|website=政府統計の総合窓口}}
| popplace =
| langs = Japanese, English, French, Akan, Dagbani, Ewe, Ga
| rels = Mainly Christianity, Islam, Shintoism, Buddhism
| related = Ghanaians
}}
Ghanaians in Japan are Japanese people of full or partial Ghanaian ancestry or Ghanaians who became naturalized citizens of Japan.
Overview
According to the foreign residents statistics of the Ministry of Justice, 2,005 Ghanaians are registered residents in Japan as of 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.moj.go.jp/housei/toukei/toukei_ichiran_touroku.html|title=法務省：【在留外国人統計（旧登録外国人統計）統計表】|website=Moj.go.jp|accessdate=22 January 2018|archive-date=7 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007122307/http://www.moj.go.jp/housei/toukei/toukei_ichiran_touroku.html|url-status=live}} The number of Ghanaians arriving in Japan began to increase in the 1990s.{{cite news|url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170326/p2g/00m/0et/001000c|title=Half-Japanese, half-Ghanaian brothers sing about prejudice they faced|date=26 March 2017|newspaper=Mainichi Daily News|accessdate=22 January 2018|archive-date=23 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072103/https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170326/p2g/00m/0et/001000c|url-status=live}}
Notable Ghanaians in Japan
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Category:Ethnic groups in Japan
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