In 2022, close to 489 thousand foreign residents from Vietnam were living in Japan, representing an increase from around 489 thousand in the previous year. News reports pointed out that the number of Vietnamese entering Japan in order to work as trainees or technical interns significantly increased in recent years.
Number of foreign residents from Vietnam 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 Vietnam living in Japan from 1984 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/876481/japan-vietnamese-foreign-resident-numbers/
Ministry of Justice (Japan). "Number of foreign residents from Vietnam living in Japan from 1984 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Chart. December 11, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/876481/japan-vietnamese-foreign-resident-numbers/
Ministry of Justice (Japan). (2023). Number of foreign residents from Vietnam living in Japan from 1984 to 2022 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/876481/japan-vietnamese-foreign-resident-numbers/
Ministry of Justice (Japan). "Number of Foreign Residents from Vietnam Living in Japan from 1984 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/876481/japan-vietnamese-foreign-resident-numbers/
Ministry of Justice (Japan), Number of foreign residents from Vietnam living in Japan from 1984 to 2022 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/876481/japan-vietnamese-foreign-resident-numbers/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Number of foreign residents from Vietnam 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/876481/japan-vietnamese-foreign-resident-numbers/