Meet the Muslims in Japan as they talk about their journeys. A French film focusing mainly in Japanese Muslims with subtitles in English. 2017?
Gives a brief insight in to the working life of a Japanese Muslim person including praying at work. This film is really an advert for prayer goods! TAKVA, 2017.
This film looks at the experiences of Miwa Essaadi, a Japanese Muslim woman, including threats against Muslims in Japan and her visits to schools to explain about Islam. NHK World, 2017.
"Recently, Japan is increasingly becoming a multicultural nation like the melting pot. Many overseas residents live in Japan as professionals/students for contributing to society in various fields such as engineering and education."
Ever growing Muslim community in the world and Japan This article looks at the growth of Islam in the world, the growing numbers of Muslims in Japan and the diversity of the Islamic community in japan. Waseda News, 25 Aug, 2017.
Peace of Mind for Muslims Dining in Japan An article form the government of Japan about the growth of halal food in Japan. Summer 2018.
Looking for a mosque in Tokyo? Here's a list "The Japanese community is more diverse than you think and if you are a practicing Muslim and trying to find a place to pray in Tokyo there is no need to fret. Listed below are mosques located in the Tokyo area. We also offer a unique tour for Muslim tourists includes a stop at a mosque for prayer and lunch that fits within your dietary restrictions." Planetyze
Japanese Muslims is a website that looks at various aspects of the situation of Muslim people living in Japan.
Japan Kurdish Friendship Association Supports Kurdish people in Japan including many asylum seekers on provisional release
Harmony Preschool International with many Muslim students There is a preschool for Muslim children in Ueno that uses English as the official language. There are 3 Muslim staffs, and the owner is also Muslim.
The Everyday Life of Muslims in Japan "Muslims in Japan have widely retained their sense of religious and cultural identity and have generally been established as members of Japanese society; however, the Japanese public must continue to accept these religious and cultural differences in order to maintain a functional society in which the rights of all people are protected." This article looks at the situation of Muslims in Japan, media coverage of them, and the challenges of maintaining Muslim faith and culture whilst trying to fit into Japanese society. Hurights Osaka, 2008.
Islam in Japan by Michael Penn is the Executive Director of the Shingetsu Institute for the Study of Japanese-Islamic Relations in Kitakyushu, Japan: "This article introduces the social condition of Muslims who live in contemporary Japan, focusing especially on the ground-level realities of these communities. Basic information about the Muslim population are presented, as well as its institutional infrastructure. The analysis briefly considers both issues of national politics and the problems faced by individual Muslims in Japanese society. The article concludes that Muslims in Japan can sometimes succeed in their personal lives, but that as an independent community they suffer serious impediments.
Local Mosques and the Lives of Muslims in Japan by Kawakami Yasunori. The Muslim community in Japan has a history of about 100 years. For example, an Islamic mosque in Kobe dates from 1935. But the number of Muslims was relatively small before the 1980’s. The number of Muslims in Japan grew rapidly in the mid-1980 during the bubble economy. The Asia Pacific Journal Japan Focus, 2 May 2007.
The Muslim Community in Japan by Samir Abdel Hamid Nouh, a professor at the Office for Advanced Research and Higher Education, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Jul-Sep 2012The Muslim Community in Japan (Article)
Multiculturalism in Japan: A force for change A video that includes some information about Muslims in Tokyo and a mosque that has been built in Tokyo
Islam in Japan An article from Wikipedia that looks for the history of Islam in Japan that is relatively brief in relation to the religion's longstanding presence in other countries around the world.
Islam in the Land of the Rising Sun "In a series of special programmes, Al Jazeera follows Muslims from around the world as they embark on the Hajj pilgrimage. The road to Hajj in the Land of the Rising Sun begins with the little known fact that there are ethnic Japanese Muslims..." Al Jazeera, 12 Nov 2010.
Love and Faith in Japan: Three Stories of Japanese-Muslim Matrimony This article looks at the marriages of three Japanese women to Muslim men: Yuri an architect who married a Turkish man, Muhammet Ali, and now run a Kebab shop with him; Mari who married an Indonesian man, Abdurahman, and now works for the Japan Halal Association; and Chihiro who married a Bangladeshi man, Jahangir and set up an Italian restaurant with him. Nippon.com, 22 Mar 2018.
Muslims in shock over police ‘terror’ leak "This time last month, Mourad Bendjaballah says he was just another anonymous foreigner living and working in Japan. Today he fears his life here may be over, and receives phone calls from reporters asking him if he is an al-Qaida 'terrorist.'" Japan Times, Nov 9, 2010.
Top court green-lights surveillance of Japan's Muslims Legal challenge to police profiling of North Asian country's Islamic population dismissed by Supreme Court. Aljazeera, 29 June 2016
Shadow of surveillance looms over Japan’s Muslims Six years after leak that revealed the scope of the government's profiling and spying program, the Muslim community still feels under siege... Muslims here say they feel they are constantly under the ever-watchful eyes of the police. Japan Times, 13 Jul 2016.
Japan has ruled to spy on all Muslims – after living there, I'm not surprised It is not so much the rise of terrorism as the 'rise of Islam' that Japan sees as a problem, and the distinction between Islam and extremist organisations such as Isis is often missed altogether. This is a personal view about why Japan allows police surveillance of Muslims, why there is no discussion about this, and why Japan has no concept of Islamophobia. Independent, 1 Jul 2016.
Representation of Islam And Muslims In The Japanese Media "There is no doubt that, on various occasions in the past, the Japanese media has shown the negative images of Islam and the Muslims, it has largely avoided the type of highly sensational stories the Western media publishes about Islam and Muslims now and then. 1 Aug 2015, Japanese Muslims website
Students visit Tokyo mosque to get unbiased glimpse of Islam Many schools have introduced visits to Tokyo’s largest mosque in the belief that the cultural experience will provide students with a tangible, unbiased grasp of Islam. Japan Times, 3 Jun 2016.
Can Japan show the West how to live peacefully with Islam? Muslims here find respite from sectarian divisions and prejudice rife in other regions of the world. Japan Times, 23 Jun, 2014.
Tsukuba: What are the challenges when observing Ramadan in Japan? Comments from Muslims about living in Japan during the festival of Ramadan in which people fast (don't eat or drink) between sunrise and sunset. Japan Times, Aug 31, 2010.
在日インドネシア人ムスリム児童の宗教的価値形成 ― 名古屋市における自助教育活動の事例から ― 服部美奈 / Development of Religious Value for Indonesian Muslim Children in Japan: A Case Study of Voluntary Educational Activities in Nagoya City - HATTORI Mina An academic article in Japanese.
Islamic Center of Japan (Japanese website)
Arabic Islamic institute in Tokyo
Introducing Halal Food Directory In Japan Japanese Muslims website, 8 Nov 2015.
日本ハラール協会 / Japan Halal Association based in Osaka
一般社団法人ハラル・ジャパン協会 / Japan Halal Business Association
Islamic Circle of Japan Established in 1991, the Islamic Circle of Japan was a response to the growing need for a supportive Muslim community in Japan.
Tokyo Camii & Turkish Culture Center in Yoyogi Uehara. Serves Sunni Muslims mainly (?) and especially Turkish residents in Japan. It is possible to arrange a visit and talk to people there.
Japan Islamic Trust Center (Otsuka Masjid) in Otsuka, Tokyo. Serves mainly Shia Muslims from Pakistan and Afghanistan? Possible to visit and talk with people there if you make an appointment. The website has a section on Halal Food and the organisation seems to provide Halal certification.