Nearly 762 thousand people from China lived in Japan as of 2022. Chinese nationals overtook Koreans as the largest minority in the country in 2007. The Vietnamese population recorded strong growth recently, as many people from Vietnam entered Japan as participants of the technical intern training program or as students.
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Brazil, China, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Vietnam
Survey time period
1984 to 2022
Supplementary notes
*Up until the end of 2011, South Korea and North Korea were calculated jointly as “Korea”, from the end of 2012, they are calculated separately for the purpose of the statistics.
Figures have been rounded.
Figures from 2006 to 2012 excluding 2010 come from the previous reporting.
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Ministry of Justice (Japan). (December 11, 2023). Number of foreign residents living in Japan from 1984 to 2022, by major nationality (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121157/japan-number-foreign-residents-by-major-nationality/
Ministry of Justice (Japan). "Number of foreign residents living in Japan from 1984 to 2022, by major nationality (in 1,000s)." Chart. December 11, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121157/japan-number-foreign-residents-by-major-nationality/
Ministry of Justice (Japan). (2023). Number of foreign residents living in Japan from 1984 to 2022, by major nationality (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121157/japan-number-foreign-residents-by-major-nationality/
Ministry of Justice (Japan). "Number of Foreign Residents Living in Japan from 1984 to 2022, by Major Nationality (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121157/japan-number-foreign-residents-by-major-nationality/
Ministry of Justice (Japan), Number of foreign residents living in Japan from 1984 to 2022, by major nationality (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121157/japan-number-foreign-residents-by-major-nationality/ (last visited July 03, 2024)
Number of foreign residents living in Japan from 1984 to 2022, by major nationality (in 1,000s) [Graph], Ministry of Justice (Japan), December 11, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121157/japan-number-foreign-residents-by-major-nationality/