In 2022, approximately 209 thousand foreign residents from Brazil were living in Japan, representing an increase from approximately 204 thousand in the previous year. Many foreign residents from Brazil are so-called nikkeijin, descendants of Japanese emigrants, who return to Japan for employment reasons. Numbers declined after the global financial crisis of 2007 and 2008, but slightly recovered in recent years.
Number of foreign residents from Brazil living in Japan from 1984 to 2022
(in 1,000s)
*Figures until 2011 represent the sum of the number of alien registrations who stayed in Japan with the status of residence eligible for mid to long-term residents. Numbers from 2012 onwards represent the number of foreign residents adding together mid to long-term residents and special permanent residents.
Values have been rounded.
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Ministry of Justice (Japan). (December 11, 2023). Number of foreign residents from Brazil living in Japan from 1984 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/876470/japan-brazilians-foreign-resident-numbers/
Ministry of Justice (Japan). "Number of foreign residents from Brazil living in Japan from 1984 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Chart. December 11, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/876470/japan-brazilians-foreign-resident-numbers/
Ministry of Justice (Japan). (2023). Number of foreign residents from Brazil living in Japan from 1984 to 2022 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/876470/japan-brazilians-foreign-resident-numbers/
Ministry of Justice (Japan). "Number of Foreign Residents from Brazil Living in Japan from 1984 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/876470/japan-brazilians-foreign-resident-numbers/
Ministry of Justice (Japan), Number of foreign residents from Brazil living in Japan from 1984 to 2022 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/876470/japan-brazilians-foreign-resident-numbers/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Number of foreign residents from Brazil living in Japan from 1984 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Ministry of Justice (Japan), December 11, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/876470/japan-brazilians-foreign-resident-numbers/
