zlacker

Although what you stated is true, it’s actually a short form of a commonly stated untrue statement “98% of Japan is ethnically Japanese”.

1. that comes from a report from 2006.

2. it’s a misreading, it means “Japanese citizens”, and the government in fact doesn’t track ethnicity at all.

Also, the last time I was in Japan (Jan ‘20) there were literally ten times more immigrants everywhere than my previous trip. Japan is full of immigrants from the rest of Asia these days. They all speak perfect Japanese too.