Number of foreigners residing in Japan reaches record high, Vietnamese group ranks 2nd

As of the end of June, there were 3,223,858 foreigners residing in Japan, up 148,645 from the end of December 2022, according to Kyodo News citing data from the Immigration Services Agency of Japan.

Among them, the number of skilled workers who can immediately take up jobs in designated industries without needing training and the number of participants in the technical intern program have increased significantly.

By residency status, permanent residents were the largest group with 880,178 people, up 1.9% from December 2022.

In terms of nationality, the Chinese group is the largest in Japan, followed by Vietnamese and Korean citizens.

A Vietnamese trainee works at a factory in Japan's Aichi Prefecture.

Kyodo News Screenshot

The number of foreign visitors to Japan, excluding re-enterers but including tourists , rose in the first half of 2023 to 10.1 million, up about 9.77 million from the same period a year earlier, thanks to the easing of border restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic.

New figures show the number of foreigners coming to Japan has recovered to about 70% of pre-pandemic levels, compared with the figure in the first six months of 2019.

Also according to the new data, in the first six months of this year, more than 3.61 million Japanese citizens left the country for reasons including tourism, up about 2.99 million from the same period last year.

Meanwhile, there were 79,101 foreigners staying in Japan with expired visas as of July 1, according to calculations based on immigration records.

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