 There are also Cameroonian, Congolese, and Senegalese communities present, with the first group directly involved in the vending of clothing and the last involved in the sale of goods streetside.As of 2011 about 900 Japanese persons resided in Istanbul; 768 were officially registered with the Japanese Consulate of Istanbul as of October 2010.Of those living in Istanbul, about 450-500 are employees of Japanese companies and their family members, making up around half of the total Japanese population.