This word is from the Spanish japonesa.
Haponesa
Japanese (woman)
Japanese (woman)
Emigration from Japan to the Philippines first occurred in the 12th century.
Today, it is estimated that there are over 220,000 Nikkei-jin (people of Japanese ancestry) in the Philippines.
Japinoy is a term for Japanese-Filipinos.
A slang Tagalog word for ‘Filipino’ is Pinoy.
