hāfu
Sign in to save'''' is a Japanese language term used to refer to a person born in Japan with half Asian and half non-Asian ancestry. The word can also be used to describe anyone with mixed-racial ancestry in general. As many consider Japan to be one of the most homogeneous societies on the planet, children who have one non-Asian parent are called hāfu Japanese and often face prejudice and discrimination from Japanese citizens of full Asian descent. Hāfu'' individuals are well represented in Japanese media and abroad, and according to estimates from Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in the 2010s,
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22 sectionsContents
- In Japanese
- History
- Prehistoric to feudal Japan
- Early modern period
- Edo period (1603–1867)
- Modern period
- Meiji, Taishō and pre-war Shōwa period (1868–1945)
- Contemporary period
- Shōwa period (post-war) (1945–1989)
- Heisei period (1989–2019)
- Reiwa period (2019–)
- Statistics
- Births
- Live births in Japan
- Births outside Japan
- Notable hāfu individuals
- Hāfu in popular culture
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
'''' is a Japanese language term used to refer to a person born in Japan with half Asian and half non-Asian ancestry. The word can also be used to describe anyone with mixed-racial ancestry in general. As many consider Japan to be one of the most homogeneous societies on the planet, children who have one non-Asian parent are called hāfu Japanese and often face prejudice and discrimination from Japanese citizens of full Asian descent. Hāfu individuals are well represented in Japanese media and abroad, and according to estimates from Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in the 2010s, 1 in 30 children born in Japan are born to interracial couples with one non-Asian parent.
As of 2023, 15,120 children (2.1%) were born in Japan to parents of whom one held foreign nationality.