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American Residents in Japan

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Number of American residents in Japan from the Ministry of Justice's statistics on foreign residents in Japan. According to the Ministry of Justice's statistics, there are 53,000 American residents living in Japan as of 2008.

In view of the trend from 1991 onwards, the number of American residents has hardly changed.

The greatest number of American residents in Japan per 100,000 population is 161 in Okinawa, followed by Tokyo (152), Kanagawa (60), Kyoto (48) and Hyogo (43).

Okinawa, where there are many U.S. military bases, is ranked #1, but because the number of U.S. military personnel and their families are not included in the Ministry of Justice's statistics, if such number is included in the statistics, the number of American residents in Okinawa should further increase.

In prefectures other than Okinawa, there are many American residents living in Tokyo where there are many global companies, and in Kanagawa and Hyogo, with the international cities Yokohama and Kobe respectively.

There are many American residents in Kyoto, which may be due to many Americans coming to Kyoto attracted by the traditional culture of Japan.

AMERICAN RESIDENTS IN JAPAN

Source　Ministry of Justice - Statistics on Foreign Residents Registered (2018)

Rank	Prefectures	American Residents in Japan		Standard Score
Rank	Prefectures	Amount	per 10000 Population	Standard Score
Sort	Desc Asc	Desc Asc	Desc Asc	Desc Asc
1	Okinawa	2,530人	17.47	99.67
2	Tokyo	19,690人	14.25	88.45
3	Kanagawa	5,801人	6.32	60.89
4	Kyoto	1,584人	6.11	60.17
5	Hyogo	2,351人	4.29	53.81
6	Chiba	2,311人	3.69	51.75
7	Aichi	2,731人	3.62	51.51
8	Yamanashi	295人	3.61	51.46
9	Nagasaki	479人	3.57	51.33
10	Osaka	3,140人	3.56	51.30
11	Aomori	390人	3.09	49.64
12	Nagano	623人	3.02	49.41
13	Miyagi	693人	2.99	49.31
14	Fukuoka	1,513人	2.96	49.21
15	Ibaraki	813人	2.83	48.73
16	Oita	322人	2.81	48.69
17	Tochigi	537人	2.76	48.50
18	Gunma	537人	2.75	48.47
19	Saitama	2,008人	2.74	48.43
20	Hiroshima	771人	2.74	48.42
21	Yamaguchi	370人	2.70	48.30
22	Nara	361人	2.70	48.28
23	Shiga	373人	2.64	48.09
24	Ishikawa	299人	2.62	48.00
25	Fukui	200人	2.58	47.89
26	Hokkaido	1,303人	2.47	47.48
27	Akita	231人	2.35	47.09
28	Shizuoka	847人	2.31	46.96
29	Kochi	158人	2.24	46.69
30	Tokushima	155人	2.11	46.23
31	Shimane	142人	2.09	46.17
32	Toyama	216人	2.06	46.06
33	Kumamoto	356人	2.03	45.95
34	Wakayama	184人	1.97	45.75
35	Tottori	108人	1.93	45.61
36	Kagawa	185人	1.92	45.59
37	Okayama	364人	1.92	45.58
38	Gifu	355人	1.78	45.09
39	Kagoshima	285人	1.77	45.05
40	Mie	313人	1.75	44.98
41	Miyazaki	181人	1.67	44.73
42	Iwate	202人	1.63	44.57
43	Ehime	219人	1.62	44.54
44	Niigata	356人	1.59	44.42
45	Yamagata	159人	1.46	43.98
46	Saga	119人	1.45	43.96
47	Fukushima	263人	1.41	43.81
	Japan	57,500人	4.55