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Foreign Residents in Japan

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Number of foreign 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 2,217,000 foreign residents living in Japan as of 2008.

In view of the trend from 1991 onwards, the number of foreign residents has nearly doubled in 17 years. There has been great increase in the number of Chinese and Brazilian residents, believed to be attributable to the demand for labor in factories.

The greatest number of foreign residents in Japan per 100,000 population is 3,229 in Tokyo, which means that there are 3 foreign residents in approximately every 100 persons. Aichi (3,179), Mie (2,859), Gifu (2,747) and Shizuoka (2,736). In the second to fifth prefectures where there are many automobile related factories, there are many Brazilian and Chinese residents.

In addition to the three major metropolitan areas Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, there are many foreign residents in areas where there are many manufacturing industry workers. The correlative ranking shows that it is highly correlated with the prefectural income per capita, and it can be said that there are many foreigners where wages are high, such as in urban areas and areas where there are factories.

FOREIGN RESIDENTS IN JAPAN

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

Rank	Prefectures	Foreign Residents in Japan		Standard Score
Rank	Prefectures	Amount	per 100 Population	Standard Score
Sort	Desc Asc	Desc Asc	Desc Asc	Desc Asc
1	Tokyo	567,789人	4.11	78.80
2	Aichi	260,952人	3.46	71.49
3	Gunma	58,220人	2.98	66.06
4	Mie	52,087人	2.91	65.22
5	Gifu	55,205人	2.76	63.59
6	Osaka	239,113人	2.71	63.01
7	Shizuoka	92,459人	2.53	60.90
8	Chiba	156,058人	2.49	60.54
9	Saitama	180,762人	2.47	60.21
10	Kanagawa	218,946人	2.39	59.30
11	Kyoto	61,022人	2.36	58.95
12	Ibaraki	66,321人	2.31	58.39
13	Tochigi	41,648人	2.14	56.52
14	Shiga	30,155人	2.14	56.47
15	Hyogo	110,005人	2.01	55.00
16	Yamanashi	16,073人	1.97	54.56
17	Fukui	15,114人	1.95	54.40
18	Hiroshima	52,134人	1.85	53.24
19	Nagano	36,526人	1.77	52.34
20	Toyama	18,556人	1.77	52.30
21	Fukuoka	77,044人	1.51	49.37
22	Okayama	28,158人	1.48	49.09
23	Shimane	9,274人	1.36	47.73
24	Ishikawa	15,455人	1.35	47.60
25	Kagawa	12,597人	1.31	47.12
26	Okinawa	18,025人	1.24	46.38
27	Yamaguchi	16,591人	1.21	46.00
28	Oita	12,951人	1.13	45.11
29	Nara	12,681人	0.95	43.01
30	Miyagi	21,614人	0.93	42.86
31	Ehime	12,038人	0.89	42.37
32	Kumamoto	15,576人	0.89	42.33
33	Tottori	4,654人	0.83	41.70
34	Tokushima	6,073人	0.83	41.63
35	Saga	6,452人	0.79	41.21
36	Nagasaki	10,369人	0.77	41.04
37	Niigata	17,285人	0.77	41.00
38	Fukushima	14,191人	0.76	40.91
39	Wakayama	6,676人	0.71	40.37
40	Hokkaido	36,899人	0.70	40.19
41	Yamagata	7,367人	0.68	39.94
42	Kagoshima	10,547人	0.65	39.69
43	Kochi	4,580人	0.65	39.63
44	Miyazaki	6,621人	0.61	39.22
45	Iwate	7,187人	0.58	38.85
46	Aomori	5,786人	0.46	37.48
47	Akita	3,975人	0.41	36.88
	Japan	2,731,093人	2.16