Number of Japanese residents in China 2014-2023
As of October 2023, approximately 101.8 thousand Japanese residents lived in China, the lowest number of the past decade. In the observed time frame, the number of Japanese residents in China decreased steadily each year, starting at around 133.9 thousand Japanese nationals in 2014.
The statistic, which is based on the information gathered by Japanese diplomatic missions abroad, does not include descendants of Japanese emigrants (nikkeijin) who do not hold Japanese citizenship. People with multiple citizenship are counted.