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According to the Ministry of Justice, the number of foreign residents in Japan has steadily increased since 1949. As of June 2024, the number of foreign residents in Japan exceeded 3.41 million. [1] With a total estimated population of 123.7 million in 2024, [2] foreign residents accounted for approximately 2.76 per cent of the total population.
National 330544 4525 Island Region Pref. Cases Deaths Hokkaido 15818 538 Honshū: Tōhoku Aomori Prefecture 643 8 Akita Prefecture 208 1 Iwate Prefecture 467 25 Miyagi Prefecture
These are lists of countries by foreign-born population and lists of countries by number native-born persons living in a foreign country (emigrants).. According to the United Nations, in 2019, the United States, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and France had the largest number of immigrants of any country, while Tuvalu, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, and Tokelau had the lowest.
In addition to registered foreign residents, a significant number of American military personnel, civilian workers, and their dependents live in Japan due to the presence of the United States military in Japan under the U.S.–Japan Security Treaty. Approximately 70% of these American military personnel are stationed in Okinawa Prefecture. [3]
Low-income migrant workers tend to live in crowded housing, perform strenuous work, and eat poorly, all of which put them at higher risk of contracting COVID-19. The share of immigrant workers living in poverty is high in several OECD countries (32 percent in Spain, 25 percent in the United States, and 30 percent in Italy in 2017).
Japan announced it will ease border controls beginning Monday for fully vaccinated travelers excluding tourists, responding to requests from the business community following a rapid decline in ...
Seven days before Japan quarantined a cruise ship near Tokyo early this year, in what became one of the first coronavirus hot spots outside China, another cruise ship docked in southern Japan.
The number of foreign residents of Japan reached a high of 2.93 million in 2019 before falling to 2.76 million at the end of 2021. [111] The number of foreign workers was 1.46 million in 2018, 29.7% are in the manufacturing sector; 389,000 are from Vietnam and 316,000 are from China. [112] On April 1, 2019, Japan's revised immigration law was ...