日本人论，是日本人讨论民族性与日本文化的作品。最早的日本人论是江户时代的日本国学。

近代日本人论在明治时代出现，二十世纪日本经济蓬勃时出版最多，通常把欧美与日本对照，强调日本独特性。有一些是从风土地理与水稻种植经济强调日本勤劳与集团主义，也强调要报恩与耻感文化。有论者认为这不是真正的学术 (参看英文版详尽内容)

Nihonjinron(日本人論, lit. "theories/discussions about the Japanese"), is a genre of texts that focus on issues of Japanese national and cultural identity. Such texts share a general assumption of the uniqueness of Japan, and the term nihonjinron can be employed to refer to this outlook.