Philippine Residents in Japan

Number of Philippine residents in Japan from the Ministry of Justice's statistic on foreign residents in Japan. According to the Ministry of Justice's statistics, of foreign residents in Japan, the number of Philippine residents is fourth, with 210,000 living in Japan as of 2008.

The greatest number of Philippine residents in Japan per 100,000 population is 420 in Gifu, followed by Aichi (359), Shizuoka (338), Gunma (308) and Chiba (274). Like Brazilian Residents in Japan, there are many Philippine residents living in the Aichi area and northern Kanto region, but there are many Philippine residents living in the Tokyo area where there are not so many Brazilian residents. With respect to both Philipine residents and Brazilian residents, there is a great difference between the numbers of residents in places where there are many residents and where there are few residents, indicating that both Philipine residents and Brazilian residents tend to exchange information among themselves and support each other.

Although it cannot be seen in the data, the high rate of female Philippine residents is also characteristic. The male to female ratio is 1:3.45, and the number of female residents is significantly greater compared to Chinese Residents in Japan (1:1.18), South and North Korean Residents in Japan (1:1.18) and Brazilian Residents in Japan (1.19:1). This is believed to be due to many females working in bars and night clubs ("mizu shobai"), drawing attention for some time as "Japa-yuki san."