Close to 1.4 thousand illegal foreign workers from China were detected in Japan in 2022. The number of cases involving workers from Vietnam showed an upward trend in recent years and surpassed China in 2019, reaching over 2.5 thousand cases in 2022.
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Vietnam
Thailand
Philippines
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Ministry of Justice (Japan). (December 11, 2023). Number of detected illegal foreign workers in Japan from 2013 to 2022, by major nationality [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114920/japan-number-of-illegal-foreign-workers-by-major-nationality/
Ministry of Justice (Japan). "Number of detected illegal foreign workers in Japan from 2013 to 2022, by major nationality." Chart. December 11, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114920/japan-number-of-illegal-foreign-workers-by-major-nationality/
Ministry of Justice (Japan). (2023). Number of detected illegal foreign workers in Japan from 2013 to 2022, by major nationality. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114920/japan-number-of-illegal-foreign-workers-by-major-nationality/
Ministry of Justice (Japan). "Number of Detected Illegal Foreign Workers in Japan from 2013 to 2022, by Major Nationality." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114920/japan-number-of-illegal-foreign-workers-by-major-nationality/
Ministry of Justice (Japan), Number of detected illegal foreign workers in Japan from 2013 to 2022, by major nationality Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114920/japan-number-of-illegal-foreign-workers-by-major-nationality/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Number of detected illegal foreign workers in Japan from 2013 to 2022, by major nationality [Graph], Ministry of Justice (Japan), December 11, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114920/japan-number-of-illegal-foreign-workers-by-major-nationality/