There are about 400 fine hotels (4/5 stars) in China having a Japanese restaurant and 4300 restaurants serving Japanese food across the country. You can easily find Japanese cuisine training program in chef schools or training centers. Most of the Japanese cuisine chefs in these restaurants are Chinese. It is reported that there are around 20 thousand Japanese cuisine chefs in China.
    If you are looking for Japanese chefs, China is a good place to look at.