Residents at 31 December 2025 · Published 10 August 2026
Four million foreign residents in Japan, 2012–2025
Japan counted 4,125,395 foreign residents at the end of 2025, above four million for the first time. Technical intern training added 23 people that year; specified skilled worker added 105,830.
Source: Statistics on Foreign Residents in Japan, end of 2025: tables 1, 3, 4 and 6
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What the count includes, and why it is larger than the worker figure
4,125,395 people held a residence status in Japan at the end of 2025. Ten weeks earlier the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare counted 2,571,037 foreign workers. Both figures are correct.
The Immigration Services Agency counts everyone holding a mid- to long-term residence status or special permanent residence on the reference date. Employment is not part of the definition, so the total includes 464,784 people on a student status, 352,875 dependants and 947,125 permanent residents, among them children and retired people. It excludes short-stay visitors, anyone without a valid residence status, and the diplomatic and official categories.
The employment figure is assembled the other way round. Employers file a notification for each foreign employee and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare adds those notifications up, on a reference date of 31 October. A student working part-time is in both counts; a five-year-old on a dependent status is in this one only. The 1,554,358 difference between the two is the distance between the definitions, not an error in either, and the two series are never counted on the same day.
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Above four million for the first time
The count rose by 356,418 during 2025, or 9.5%. It crossed four million between the end of June, when the agency counted 3,956,619, and the end of December.
The series has fallen only twice since 2012, in the two closed-border years: 2,933,137 at the end of 2019, then 2,887,116, then 2,760,635. It recovered the whole loss in 2022 and has added roughly a third of a million people in each of the three years since.
The four million is two groups moving in opposite directions. 3,858,499 people hold a mid- to long-term status, and that number has risen every year since 2021. 266,896 hold special permanent residence — the status of people from Korea and Taiwan who lost Japanese nationality in 1952, and their descendants — and that number has fallen every year, from 304,430 at the end of 2020.
What the total is made of, by nationality and by residence status
Every nationality stacked to the national total, or every residence status stacked to the mid- to long-term half they add up to. The ten largest nationalities and the fifteen largest residence statuses are drawn as bands and everything else combined; both breakdowns run from 2012.
- China · 22.6%
- Vietnam · 16.5%
- South Korea · 9.9%
- Philippines · 8.6%
- Nepal · 7.3%
- Indonesia · 6.4%
- Brazil · 5.1%
- Myanmar · 4.4%
- Sri Lanka · 1.9%
- Taiwan · 1.8%
- Other · 15.5%
View data table · Nationality
| Nationality | Residents · 2025 | Share of all residents |
|---|---|---|
| China | 930,428 | 22.6% |
| Vietnam | 681,100 | 16.5% |
| South Korea | 407,341 | 9.9% |
| Philippines | 356,579 | 8.6% |
| Nepal | 300,992 | 7.3% |
| Indonesia | 266,069 | 6.4% |
| Brazil | 210,014 | 5.1% |
| Myanmar | 182,567 | 4.4% |
| Sri Lanka | 79,128 | 1.9% |
| Taiwan | 73,256 | 1.8% |
| Other | 637,921 | 15.5% |
- Permanent resident · 24.5%
- Engineer, specialist in humanities or international services · 12.3%
- Student · 12.0%
- Technical intern training · 11.8%
- Specified skilled worker · 10.1%
- Dependent · 9.1%
- Long-term resident · 5.9%
- Spouse or child of a Japanese national · 4.0%
- Designated activities · 3.2%
- Spouse or child of a permanent resident · 1.5%
- Skilled labour · 1.4%
- Business manager · 1.2%
- Highly skilled professional · 0.9%
- Intra-company transferee · 0.5%
- Nursing care · 0.4%
- Other · 1.0%
View data table · Residence status
| Residence status | Residents · 2025 | Share of mid- to long-term residents |
|---|---|---|
| Permanent resident | 947,125 | 24.5% |
| Engineer, specialist in humanities or international services | 475,790 | 12.3% |
| Student | 464,784 | 12.0% |
| Technical intern training | 456,618 | 11.8% |
| Specified skilled worker | 390,296 | 10.1% |
| Dependent | 352,875 | 9.1% |
| Long-term resident | 226,438 | 5.9% |
| Spouse or child of a Japanese national | 152,898 | 4.0% |
| Designated activities | 125,286 | 3.2% |
| Spouse or child of a permanent resident | 56,568 | 1.5% |
| Skilled labour | 54,574 | 1.4% |
| Business manager | 46,781 | 1.2% |
| Highly skilled professional | 32,953 | 0.9% |
| Intra-company transferee | 19,161 | 0.5% |
| Nursing care | 15,891 | 0.4% |
| Other | 40,461 | 1.0% |
Source: Statistics on Foreign Residents in Japan, end of 2025: tables 1, 3, 4 and 6 · The ten largest nationalities and the fifteen largest residence statuses are drawn as their own bands and everything else combined into one; each breakdown is stacked to the figure it sums to
03
Technical intern training added 23 people; specified skilled worker added 105,830
技能実習 ended 2025 at 456,618, twenty-three more than a year earlier. 特定技能, introduced in 2019 to take its place, ended at 390,296, up 105,830 in one year.
Technical intern training has been the largest work-related status in Japan for most of the past decade, and it has now stopped growing: 378,200 at the end of 2020, 456,595 at the end of 2024, 456,618 at the end of 2025. Specified skilled worker had 15,663 holders at the end of 2020 and is now within 66,322 of it. Every other large status grew at an ordinary pace — permanent residence by 29,009 to 947,125, the engineer and specialist status by 57,084 to 475,790, the student status by 62,650 to 464,784.
The record year also contains two declines among the ten largest nationalities. South Korea fell by 1,897 to 407,341 and Brazil by 1,893 to 210,014; no other nationality in the top ten lost people. The Korean figure has fallen in twelve of the thirteen years since 2012, when it was 489,431. At the other end of the same table, Myanmar grew by 35.7%, Indonesia by 33.2% and Nepal by 29.2%.
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One in five foreign residents lives in Tokyo
Tokyo held 801,438 foreign residents at the end of 2025, 19.4% of the national total. The five largest prefectures together held 51.9%.
Osaka follows with 375,319, then Aichi with 357,800, Kanagawa with 317,353 and Saitama with 290,937. At the other end of the table Tottori has 6,511 and Akita 6,333.
All 47 prefectures gained residents during 2025. Hokkaido grew fastest at 14.7% and Yamaguchi slowest at 4.4%. A further 7,228 people are recorded as 未定・不詳 — place of residence undetermined or unknown — and are inside the national total but inside no prefecture.
Foreign residents by prefecture, 2020–2025
Darker means more residents. All six years share one colour scale, so the map as a whole darkens over time. Use the menu to change year.
A further 21,622 people are recorded as undetermined or unknown, outside the 47 prefectures
View data table · 2020
| Prefecture | Residents | Share of all residents | Change on a year earlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | 560,180 | 19.4% | No figure |
| Aichi | 273,784 | 9.5% | No figure |
| Osaka | 253,814 | 8.8% | No figure |
| Kanagawa | 232,321 | 8.0% | No figure |
| Saitama | 198,235 | 6.9% | No figure |
| Chiba | 169,833 | 5.9% | No figure |
| Hyogo | 114,806 | 4.0% | No figure |
| Shizuoka | 99,629 | 3.5% | No figure |
| Fukuoka | 81,072 | 2.8% | No figure |
| Ibaraki | 72,287 | 2.5% | No figure |
| Gunma | 62,749 | 2.2% | No figure |
| Kyoto | 61,696 | 2.1% | No figure |
| Gifu | 59,377 | 2.1% | No figure |
| Mie | 55,982 | 1.9% | No figure |
| Hiroshima | 55,782 | 1.9% | No figure |
| Tochigi | 43,647 | 1.5% | No figure |
| Hokkaido | 38,725 | 1.3% | No figure |
| Nagano | 36,530 | 1.3% | No figure |
| Shiga | 33,881 | 1.2% | No figure |
| Okayama | 31,313 | 1.1% | No figure |
| Miyagi | 22,890 | 0.8% | No figure |
| Okinawa | 19,839 | 0.7% | No figure |
| Toyama | 19,356 | 0.7% | No figure |
| Niigata | 17,756 | 0.6% | No figure |
| Kumamoto | 17,751 | 0.6% | No figure |
| Yamaguchi | 17,279 | 0.6% | No figure |
| Yamanashi | 17,125 | 0.6% | No figure |
| Fukui | 16,156 | 0.6% | No figure |
| Ishikawa | 15,792 | 0.5% | No figure |
| Fukushima | 15,043 | 0.5% | No figure |
| Kagawa | 14,174 | 0.5% | No figure |
| Nara | 13,985 | 0.5% | No figure |
| Ehime | 13,481 | 0.5% | No figure |
| Oita | 13,216 | 0.5% | No figure |
| Kagoshima | 12,204 | 0.4% | No figure |
| Nagasaki | 9,955 | 0.3% | No figure |
| Shimane | 9,324 | 0.3% | No figure |
| Yamagata | 7,826 | 0.3% | No figure |
| Iwate | 7,782 | 0.3% | No figure |
| Miyazaki | 7,736 | 0.3% | No figure |
| Wakayama | 7,272 | 0.3% | No figure |
| Saga | 7,116 | 0.2% | No figure |
| Tokushima | 6,627 | 0.2% | No figure |
| Aomori | 6,165 | 0.2% | No figure |
| Tottori | 4,949 | 0.2% | No figure |
| Kochi | 4,832 | 0.2% | No figure |
| Akita | 4,220 | 0.1% | No figure |
A further 1,794 people are recorded as undetermined or unknown, outside the 47 prefectures
View data table · 2021
| Prefecture | Residents | Share of all residents | Change on a year earlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | 531,131 | 19.2% | −29,049 |
| Aichi | 265,199 | 9.6% | −8,585 |
| Osaka | 246,157 | 8.9% | −7,657 |
| Kanagawa | 227,511 | 8.2% | −4,810 |
| Saitama | 197,110 | 7.1% | −1,125 |
| Chiba | 165,356 | 6.0% | −4,477 |
| Hyogo | 111,940 | 4.1% | −2,866 |
| Shizuoka | 97,338 | 3.5% | −2,291 |
| Fukuoka | 76,234 | 2.8% | −4,838 |
| Ibaraki | 71,121 | 2.6% | −1,166 |
| Gunma | 61,945 | 2.2% | −804 |
| Kyoto | 58,370 | 2.1% | −3,326 |
| Gifu | 56,697 | 2.1% | −2,680 |
| Mie | 54,295 | 2.0% | −1,687 |
| Hiroshima | 50,605 | 1.8% | −5,177 |
| Tochigi | 42,430 | 1.5% | −1,217 |
| Hokkaido | 36,316 | 1.3% | −2,409 |
| Nagano | 35,673 | 1.3% | −857 |
| Shiga | 33,458 | 1.2% | −423 |
| Okayama | 29,435 | 1.1% | −1,878 |
| Miyagi | 21,089 | 0.8% | −1,801 |
| Okinawa | 18,535 | 0.7% | −1,304 |
| Toyama | 18,237 | 0.7% | −1,119 |
| Yamanashi | 17,163 | 0.6% | +38 |
| Niigata | 16,936 | 0.6% | −820 |
| Kumamoto | 16,686 | 0.6% | −1,065 |
| Fukui | 16,014 | 0.6% | −142 |
| Yamaguchi | 15,873 | 0.6% | −1,406 |
| Ishikawa | 14,766 | 0.5% | −1,026 |
| Fukushima | 14,120 | 0.5% | −923 |
| Nara | 13,873 | 0.5% | −112 |
| Kagawa | 13,043 | 0.5% | −1,131 |
| Ehime | 11,900 | 0.4% | −1,581 |
| Oita | 11,879 | 0.4% | −1,337 |
| Kagoshima | 11,833 | 0.4% | −371 |
| Shimane | 9,405 | 0.3% | +81 |
| Nagasaki | 8,982 | 0.3% | −973 |
| Yamagata | 7,472 | 0.3% | −354 |
| Iwate | 7,203 | 0.3% | −579 |
| Wakayama | 7,132 | 0.3% | −140 |
| Miyazaki | 7,011 | 0.3% | −725 |
| Saga | 6,507 | 0.2% | −609 |
| Tokushima | 6,094 | 0.2% | −533 |
| Aomori | 5,693 | 0.2% | −472 |
| Tottori | 4,529 | 0.2% | −420 |
| Kochi | 4,500 | 0.2% | −332 |
| Akita | 4,045 | 0.1% | −175 |
A further 7,859 people are recorded as undetermined or unknown, outside the 47 prefectures
View data table · 2022
| Prefecture | Residents | Share of all residents | Change on a year earlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | 596,148 | 19.4% | +65,017 |
| Aichi | 286,604 | 9.3% | +21,405 |
| Osaka | 272,449 | 8.9% | +26,292 |
| Kanagawa | 245,790 | 8.0% | +18,279 |
| Saitama | 212,624 | 6.9% | +15,514 |
| Chiba | 182,189 | 5.9% | +16,833 |
| Hyogo | 123,125 | 4.0% | +11,185 |
| Shizuoka | 106,345 | 3.5% | +9,007 |
| Fukuoka | 89,518 | 2.9% | +13,284 |
| Ibaraki | 81,478 | 2.6% | +10,357 |
| Kyoto | 68,443 | 2.2% | +10,073 |
| Gunma | 66,963 | 2.2% | +5,018 |
| Gifu | 62,710 | 2.0% | +6,013 |
| Mie | 58,974 | 1.9% | +4,679 |
| Hiroshima | 56,068 | 1.8% | +5,463 |
| Tochigi | 45,918 | 1.5% | +3,488 |
| Hokkaido | 45,491 | 1.5% | +9,175 |
| Nagano | 39,248 | 1.3% | +3,575 |
| Shiga | 37,350 | 1.2% | +3,892 |
| Okayama | 32,042 | 1.0% | +2,607 |
| Miyagi | 24,568 | 0.8% | +3,479 |
| Okinawa | 21,792 | 0.7% | +3,257 |
| Kumamoto | 20,660 | 0.7% | +3,974 |
| Toyama | 20,175 | 0.7% | +1,938 |
| Yamanashi | 19,982 | 0.6% | +2,819 |
| Niigata | 19,107 | 0.6% | +2,171 |
| Yamaguchi | 17,394 | 0.6% | +1,521 |
| Ishikawa | 17,161 | 0.6% | +2,395 |
| Fukui | 16,720 | 0.5% | +706 |
| Fukushima | 15,858 | 0.5% | +1,738 |
| Nara | 15,590 | 0.5% | +1,717 |
| Oita | 15,541 | 0.5% | +3,662 |
| Kagawa | 15,078 | 0.5% | +2,035 |
| Kagoshima | 13,975 | 0.5% | +2,142 |
| Ehime | 13,742 | 0.4% | +1,842 |
| Nagasaki | 11,214 | 0.4% | +2,232 |
| Shimane | 9,889 | 0.3% | +484 |
| Iwate | 8,374 | 0.3% | +1,171 |
| Miyazaki | 8,309 | 0.3% | +1,298 |
| Yamagata | 8,162 | 0.3% | +690 |
| Wakayama | 8,006 | 0.3% | +874 |
| Saga | 7,919 | 0.3% | +1,412 |
| Tokushima | 7,009 | 0.2% | +915 |
| Aomori | 6,702 | 0.2% | +1,009 |
| Kochi | 5,341 | 0.2% | +841 |
| Tottori | 5,020 | 0.2% | +491 |
| Akita | 4,589 | 0.1% | +544 |
A further 7,762 people are recorded as undetermined or unknown, outside the 47 prefectures
View data table · 2023
| Prefecture | Residents | Share of all residents | Change on a year earlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | 663,362 | 19.4% | +67,214 |
| Aichi | 310,845 | 9.1% | +24,241 |
| Osaka | 301,490 | 8.8% | +29,041 |
| Kanagawa | 267,523 | 7.8% | +21,733 |
| Saitama | 234,698 | 6.9% | +22,074 |
| Chiba | 204,091 | 6.0% | +21,902 |
| Hyogo | 131,756 | 3.9% | +8,631 |
| Shizuoka | 115,642 | 3.4% | +9,297 |
| Fukuoka | 99,695 | 2.9% | +10,177 |
| Ibaraki | 91,694 | 2.7% | +10,216 |
| Kyoto | 75,818 | 2.2% | +7,375 |
| Gunma | 74,154 | 2.2% | +7,191 |
| Gifu | 69,477 | 2.0% | +6,767 |
| Mie | 64,420 | 1.9% | +5,446 |
| Hiroshima | 62,363 | 1.8% | +6,295 |
| Hokkaido | 56,485 | 1.7% | +10,994 |
| Tochigi | 51,073 | 1.5% | +5,155 |
| Nagano | 43,075 | 1.3% | +3,827 |
| Shiga | 40,743 | 1.2% | +3,393 |
| Okayama | 35,928 | 1.1% | +3,886 |
| Miyagi | 27,009 | 0.8% | +2,441 |
| Kumamoto | 25,589 | 0.8% | +4,929 |
| Okinawa | 25,447 | 0.7% | +3,655 |
| Toyama | 22,460 | 0.7% | +2,285 |
| Niigata | 21,558 | 0.6% | +2,451 |
| Yamanashi | 21,502 | 0.6% | +1,520 |
| Yamaguchi | 19,622 | 0.6% | +2,228 |
| Ishikawa | 19,407 | 0.6% | +2,246 |
| Oita | 18,108 | 0.5% | +2,567 |
| Fukushima | 18,070 | 0.5% | +2,212 |
| Nara | 17,614 | 0.5% | +2,024 |
| Fukui | 17,595 | 0.5% | +875 |
| Kagawa | 17,312 | 0.5% | +2,234 |
| Kagoshima | 16,417 | 0.5% | +2,442 |
| Ehime | 16,384 | 0.5% | +2,642 |
| Nagasaki | 13,590 | 0.4% | +2,376 |
| Shimane | 10,350 | 0.3% | +461 |
| Iwate | 10,173 | 0.3% | +1,799 |
| Saga | 9,764 | 0.3% | +1,845 |
| Miyazaki | 9,752 | 0.3% | +1,443 |
| Yamagata | 9,326 | 0.3% | +1,164 |
| Wakayama | 9,090 | 0.3% | +1,084 |
| Tokushima | 7,949 | 0.2% | +940 |
| Aomori | 7,797 | 0.2% | +1,095 |
| Kochi | 6,129 | 0.2% | +788 |
| Tottori | 5,604 | 0.2% | +584 |
| Akita | 5,280 | 0.2% | +691 |
A further 5,313 people are recorded as undetermined or unknown, outside the 47 prefectures
View data table · 2024
| Prefecture | Residents | Share of all residents | Change on a year earlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | 738,946 | 19.6% | +75,584 |
| Osaka | 333,564 | 8.9% | +32,074 |
| Aichi | 331,733 | 8.8% | +20,888 |
| Kanagawa | 292,450 | 7.8% | +24,927 |
| Saitama | 262,382 | 7.0% | +27,684 |
| Chiba | 231,614 | 6.1% | +27,523 |
| Hyogo | 142,676 | 3.8% | +10,920 |
| Shizuoka | 124,281 | 3.3% | +8,639 |
| Fukuoka | 113,159 | 3.0% | +13,464 |
| Ibaraki | 102,549 | 2.7% | +10,855 |
| Kyoto | 83,914 | 2.2% | +8,096 |
| Gunma | 83,430 | 2.2% | +9,276 |
| Gifu | 74,750 | 2.0% | +5,273 |
| Mie | 68,804 | 1.8% | +4,384 |
| Hiroshima | 67,837 | 1.8% | +5,474 |
| Hokkaido | 67,484 | 1.8% | +10,999 |
| Tochigi | 56,983 | 1.5% | +5,910 |
| Nagano | 46,850 | 1.2% | +3,775 |
| Shiga | 42,960 | 1.1% | +2,217 |
| Okayama | 38,886 | 1.0% | +2,958 |
| Miyagi | 29,878 | 0.8% | +2,869 |
| Kumamoto | 29,385 | 0.8% | +3,796 |
| Okinawa | 29,384 | 0.8% | +3,937 |
| Toyama | 24,314 | 0.6% | +1,854 |
| Niigata | 24,283 | 0.6% | +2,725 |
| Yamanashi | 23,691 | 0.6% | +2,189 |
| Yamaguchi | 21,581 | 0.6% | +1,959 |
| Ishikawa | 21,151 | 0.6% | +1,744 |
| Oita | 20,330 | 0.5% | +2,222 |
| Fukushima | 20,022 | 0.5% | +1,952 |
| Fukui | 19,898 | 0.5% | +2,303 |
| Kagawa | 19,607 | 0.5% | +2,295 |
| Nara | 19,257 | 0.5% | +1,643 |
| Kagoshima | 18,972 | 0.5% | +2,555 |
| Ehime | 18,687 | 0.5% | +2,303 |
| Nagasaki | 15,692 | 0.4% | +2,102 |
| Miyazaki | 11,511 | 0.3% | +1,759 |
| Iwate | 11,366 | 0.3% | +1,193 |
| Saga | 11,358 | 0.3% | +1,594 |
| Shimane | 11,089 | 0.3% | +739 |
| Yamagata | 10,535 | 0.3% | +1,209 |
| Wakayama | 10,144 | 0.3% | +1,054 |
| Tokushima | 8,907 | 0.2% | +958 |
| Aomori | 8,603 | 0.2% | +806 |
| Kochi | 6,848 | 0.2% | +719 |
| Tottori | 6,068 | 0.2% | +464 |
| Akita | 5,851 | 0.2% | +571 |
A further 7,228 people are recorded as undetermined or unknown, outside the 47 prefectures
View data table · 2025
| Prefecture | Residents | Share of all residents | Change on a year earlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | 801,438 | 19.4% | +62,492 |
| Osaka | 375,319 | 9.1% | +41,755 |
| Aichi | 357,800 | 8.7% | +26,067 |
| Kanagawa | 317,353 | 7.7% | +24,903 |
| Saitama | 290,937 | 7.1% | +28,555 |
| Chiba | 259,663 | 6.3% | +28,049 |
| Hyogo | 155,019 | 3.8% | +12,343 |
| Shizuoka | 132,100 | 3.2% | +7,819 |
| Fukuoka | 125,501 | 3.0% | +12,342 |
| Ibaraki | 111,808 | 2.7% | +9,259 |
| Kyoto | 92,563 | 2.2% | +8,649 |
| Gunma | 89,670 | 2.2% | +6,240 |
| Gifu | 80,766 | 2.0% | +6,016 |
| Hokkaido | 77,401 | 1.9% | +9,917 |
| Mie | 73,551 | 1.8% | +4,747 |
| Hiroshima | 72,628 | 1.8% | +4,791 |
| Tochigi | 61,878 | 1.5% | +4,895 |
| Nagano | 50,655 | 1.2% | +3,805 |
| Shiga | 46,180 | 1.1% | +3,220 |
| Okayama | 41,840 | 1.0% | +2,954 |
| Okinawa | 33,402 | 0.8% | +4,018 |
| Miyagi | 32,903 | 0.8% | +3,025 |
| Kumamoto | 32,372 | 0.8% | +2,987 |
| Niigata | 26,724 | 0.6% | +2,441 |
| Toyama | 26,296 | 0.6% | +1,982 |
| Yamanashi | 25,313 | 0.6% | +1,622 |
| Ishikawa | 23,498 | 0.6% | +2,347 |
| Oita | 23,027 | 0.6% | +2,697 |
| Yamaguchi | 22,539 | 0.5% | +958 |
| Kagawa | 21,791 | 0.5% | +2,184 |
| Nara | 21,623 | 0.5% | +2,366 |
| Fukushima | 21,598 | 0.5% | +1,576 |
| Fukui | 21,509 | 0.5% | +1,611 |
| Kagoshima | 21,480 | 0.5% | +2,508 |
| Ehime | 20,282 | 0.5% | +1,595 |
| Nagasaki | 17,477 | 0.4% | +1,785 |
| Miyazaki | 12,981 | 0.3% | +1,470 |
| Saga | 12,841 | 0.3% | +1,483 |
| Iwate | 12,526 | 0.3% | +1,160 |
| Shimane | 11,940 | 0.3% | +851 |
| Wakayama | 11,529 | 0.3% | +1,385 |
| Yamagata | 11,111 | 0.3% | +576 |
| Tokushima | 9,717 | 0.2% | +810 |
| Aomori | 9,419 | 0.2% | +816 |
| Kochi | 7,355 | 0.2% | +507 |
| Tottori | 6,511 | 0.2% | +443 |
| Akita | 6,333 | 0.2% | +482 |
Source: Statistics on Foreign Residents in Japan, end of 2025: tables 1, 3, 4 and 6 · All six years share one colour scale
05
The national mix describes no single prefecture
Technical intern training is 2.2% of Tokyo's foreign residents and 37.1% of Miyazaki's. Aichi, not Tokyo, holds the most people on both training statuses.
Aichi holds 40,818 technical intern trainees and 30,612 specified skilled workers, more than any other prefecture, although Tokyo has more than twice as many foreign residents in total. Kagoshima has the highest specified-skilled-worker share of its own residents, at 28.6%.
Tokyo leads the statuses that are not about training: 193,525 permanent residents and 150,254 students. Kyoto has the highest student share of any prefecture, at 24.5%. Special permanent residence is concentrated in the west: 20.4% of Hyogo's foreign residents and 18.0% of Osaka's, against 0.9% in Kagoshima.
Prefectures ranked by residence status, end of 2025
Choose a status to see which prefectures hold the most people on it, and what share of that prefecture's own foreign residents they are. The eleven published columns partition every prefecture's total.
View data table · Permanent resident
| Prefecture | Residents | Share of the prefecture |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | 193,525 | 24.1% |
| Aichi | 106,839 | 29.9% |
| Kanagawa | 101,280 | 31.9% |
| Saitama | 77,130 | 26.5% |
| Osaka | 64,648 | 17.2% |
| Chiba | 61,586 | 23.7% |
| Shizuoka | 43,099 | 32.6% |
| Hyogo | 29,628 | 19.1% |
| Ibaraki | 22,058 | 19.7% |
| Gifu | 21,991 | 27.2% |
| Gunma | 21,885 | 24.4% |
| Mie | 20,519 | 27.9% |
| Fukuoka | 17,764 | 14.2% |
| Hiroshima | 15,276 | 21.0% |
| Tochigi | 14,622 | 23.6% |
| Nagano | 14,209 | 28.1% |
| Shiga | 11,442 | 24.8% |
| Kyoto | 11,133 | 12.0% |
| Hokkaido | 7,152 | 9.2% |
| Yamanashi | 6,854 | 27.1% |
| Toyama | 6,695 | 25.5% |
| Okinawa | 6,488 | 19.4% |
| Okayama | 6,220 | 14.9% |
| Miyagi | 5,892 | 17.9% |
| Niigata | 5,375 | 20.1% |
| Fukushima | 4,568 | 21.2% |
| Fukui | 4,509 | 21.0% |
| Nara | 3,804 | 17.6% |
| Kumamoto | 3,612 | 11.2% |
| Ishikawa | 3,589 | 15.3% |
| Kagawa | 3,384 | 15.5% |
| Yamagata | 3,150 | 28.4% |
| Yamaguchi | 2,854 | 12.7% |
| Shimane | 2,601 | 21.8% |
| Kagoshima | 2,584 | 12.0% |
| Ehime | 2,235 | 11.0% |
| Oita | 2,112 | 9.2% |
| Iwate | 2,023 | 16.2% |
| Wakayama | 1,954 | 16.9% |
| Nagasaki | 1,948 | 11.1% |
| Tokushima | 1,523 | 15.7% |
| Akita | 1,302 | 20.6% |
| Miyazaki | 1,298 | 10.0% |
| Aomori | 1,269 | 13.5% |
| Saga | 1,204 | 9.4% |
| Tottori | 1,082 | 16.6% |
| Kochi | 1,013 | 13.8% |
View data table · Engineer, specialist in humanities or international services
| Prefecture | Residents | Share of the prefecture |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | 130,952 | 16.3% |
| Osaka | 46,831 | 12.5% |
| Kanagawa | 42,770 | 13.5% |
| Saitama | 38,638 | 13.3% |
| Chiba | 36,940 | 14.2% |
| Aichi | 32,812 | 9.2% |
| Hyogo | 13,545 | 8.7% |
| Fukuoka | 11,837 | 9.4% |
| Ibaraki | 11,248 | 10.1% |
| Shizuoka | 10,992 | 8.3% |
| Gunma | 8,886 | 9.9% |
| Kyoto | 8,259 | 8.9% |
| Tochigi | 7,323 | 11.8% |
| Hokkaido | 7,287 | 9.4% |
| Mie | 7,004 | 9.5% |
| Gifu | 6,049 | 7.5% |
| Shiga | 5,871 | 12.7% |
| Hiroshima | 3,939 | 5.4% |
| Nagano | 3,693 | 7.3% |
| Okinawa | 3,615 | 10.8% |
| Okayama | 3,557 | 8.5% |
| Kumamoto | 2,801 | 8.7% |
| Yamanashi | 2,639 | 10.4% |
| Niigata | 2,443 | 9.1% |
| Nara | 2,313 | 10.7% |
| Miyagi | 2,243 | 6.8% |
| Toyama | 2,123 | 8.1% |
| Fukushima | 1,768 | 8.2% |
| Ishikawa | 1,667 | 7.1% |
| Oita | 1,561 | 6.8% |
| Fukui | 1,277 | 5.9% |
| Kagawa | 1,272 | 5.8% |
| Yamaguchi | 1,169 | 5.2% |
| Wakayama | 1,151 | 10.0% |
| Ehime | 1,126 | 5.6% |
| Kagoshima | 1,015 | 4.7% |
| Nagasaki | 941 | 5.4% |
| Iwate | 841 | 6.7% |
| Saga | 812 | 6.3% |
| Miyazaki | 718 | 5.5% |
| Yamagata | 712 | 6.4% |
| Shimane | 626 | 5.2% |
| Tokushima | 483 | 5.0% |
| Aomori | 427 | 4.5% |
| Akita | 338 | 5.3% |
| Tottori | 299 | 4.6% |
| Kochi | 238 | 3.2% |
View data table · Student
| Prefecture | Residents | Share of the prefecture |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | 150,254 | 18.7% |
| Osaka | 50,225 | 13.4% |
| Chiba | 27,468 | 10.6% |
| Fukuoka | 26,970 | 21.5% |
| Saitama | 26,961 | 9.3% |
| Kyoto | 22,636 | 24.5% |
| Kanagawa | 21,527 | 6.8% |
| Aichi | 19,556 | 5.5% |
| Hyogo | 19,109 | 12.3% |
| Ibaraki | 7,935 | 7.1% |
| Miyagi | 7,478 | 22.7% |
| Shizuoka | 6,906 | 5.2% |
| Hiroshima | 6,792 | 9.4% |
| Hokkaido | 6,214 | 8.0% |
| Okinawa | 5,379 | 16.1% |
| Okayama | 5,153 | 12.3% |
| Gunma | 4,576 | 5.1% |
| Oita | 4,552 | 19.8% |
| Tochigi | 3,974 | 6.4% |
| Gifu | 3,428 | 4.2% |
| Niigata | 3,008 | 11.3% |
| Nagasaki | 2,975 | 17.0% |
| Ishikawa | 2,846 | 12.1% |
| Nagano | 2,576 | 5.1% |
| Yamanashi | 2,371 | 9.4% |
| Nara | 2,095 | 9.7% |
| Kumamoto | 1,892 | 5.8% |
| Yamaguchi | 1,808 | 8.0% |
| Mie | 1,754 | 2.4% |
| Saga | 1,651 | 12.9% |
| Fukushima | 1,523 | 7.1% |
| Shiga | 1,416 | 3.1% |
| Kagoshima | 1,244 | 5.8% |
| Fukui | 1,013 | 4.7% |
| Kagawa | 1,004 | 4.6% |
| Miyazaki | 914 | 7.0% |
| Ehime | 813 | 4.0% |
| Tokushima | 812 | 8.4% |
| Iwate | 811 | 6.5% |
| Shimane | 762 | 6.4% |
| Kochi | 715 | 9.7% |
| Toyama | 682 | 2.6% |
| Wakayama | 633 | 5.5% |
| Akita | 556 | 8.8% |
| Aomori | 487 | 5.2% |
| Tottori | 473 | 7.3% |
| Yamagata | 443 | 4.0% |
View data table · Technical intern training
| Prefecture | Residents | Share of the prefecture |
|---|---|---|
| Aichi | 40,818 | 11.4% |
| Saitama | 25,703 | 8.8% |
| Chiba | 24,157 | 9.3% |
| Osaka | 23,482 | 6.3% |
| Kanagawa | 20,265 | 6.4% |
| Fukuoka | 17,858 | 14.2% |
| Ibaraki | 17,832 | 15.9% |
| Hokkaido | 17,657 | 22.8% |
| Tokyo | 17,491 | 2.2% |
| Shizuoka | 17,245 | 13.1% |
| Hiroshima | 16,197 | 22.3% |
| Gifu | 15,629 | 19.4% |
| Hyogo | 15,059 | 9.7% |
| Gunma | 11,797 | 13.2% |
| Mie | 11,747 | 16.0% |
| Okayama | 10,071 | 24.1% |
| Kumamoto | 10,007 | 30.9% |
| Tochigi | 9,083 | 14.7% |
| Ehime | 7,406 | 36.5% |
| Kagoshima | 7,404 | 34.5% |
| Shiga | 6,773 | 14.7% |
| Kyoto | 6,667 | 7.2% |
| Nagano | 6,657 | 13.1% |
| Toyama | 6,483 | 24.7% |
| Kagawa | 6,179 | 28.4% |
| Ishikawa | 5,954 | 25.3% |
| Yamaguchi | 5,720 | 25.4% |
| Oita | 5,712 | 24.8% |
| Fukushima | 5,690 | 26.3% |
| Miyagi | 5,679 | 17.3% |
| Niigata | 5,552 | 20.8% |
| Fukui | 5,031 | 23.4% |
| Miyazaki | 4,821 | 37.1% |
| Nagasaki | 4,290 | 24.5% |
| Iwate | 3,783 | 30.2% |
| Saga | 3,703 | 28.8% |
| Okinawa | 3,615 | 10.8% |
| Nara | 3,608 | 16.7% |
| Aomori | 3,245 | 34.5% |
| Yamagata | 3,036 | 27.3% |
| Tokushima | 2,959 | 30.5% |
| Yamanashi | 2,900 | 11.5% |
| Shimane | 2,348 | 19.7% |
| Wakayama | 2,343 | 20.3% |
| Kochi | 2,190 | 29.8% |
| Akita | 1,959 | 30.9% |
| Tottori | 1,916 | 29.4% |
View data table · Specified skilled worker
| Prefecture | Residents | Share of the prefecture |
|---|---|---|
| Aichi | 30,612 | 8.6% |
| Tokyo | 26,188 | 3.3% |
| Osaka | 26,015 | 6.9% |
| Saitama | 25,235 | 8.7% |
| Chiba | 24,152 | 9.3% |
| Kanagawa | 23,275 | 7.3% |
| Ibaraki | 17,968 | 16.1% |
| Hokkaido | 16,675 | 21.5% |
| Hyogo | 14,231 | 9.2% |
| Fukuoka | 14,221 | 11.3% |
| Hiroshima | 12,411 | 17.1% |
| Shizuoka | 11,757 | 8.9% |
| Gunma | 11,202 | 12.5% |
| Gifu | 9,025 | 11.2% |
| Kumamoto | 8,151 | 25.2% |
| Mie | 8,105 | 11.0% |
| Kyoto | 7,818 | 8.4% |
| Tochigi | 7,109 | 11.5% |
| Nagano | 6,932 | 13.7% |
| Okayama | 6,244 | 14.9% |
| Kagoshima | 6,135 | 28.6% |
| Kagawa | 6,008 | 27.6% |
| Ehime | 5,297 | 26.1% |
| Okinawa | 4,651 | 13.9% |
| Shiga | 4,537 | 9.8% |
| Nagasaki | 3,932 | 22.5% |
| Miyagi | 3,826 | 11.6% |
| Ishikawa | 3,803 | 16.2% |
| Toyama | 3,531 | 13.4% |
| Yamaguchi | 3,504 | 15.5% |
| Niigata | 3,456 | 12.9% |
| Oita | 3,370 | 14.6% |
| Miyazaki | 3,043 | 23.4% |
| Saga | 2,864 | 22.3% |
| Nara | 2,770 | 12.8% |
| Yamanashi | 2,692 | 10.6% |
| Fukushima | 2,684 | 12.4% |
| Iwate | 2,479 | 19.8% |
| Fukui | 2,269 | 10.5% |
| Aomori | 2,001 | 21.2% |
| Tokushima | 1,794 | 18.5% |
| Yamagata | 1,751 | 15.8% |
| Kochi | 1,717 | 23.3% |
| Wakayama | 1,690 | 14.7% |
| Shimane | 1,049 | 8.8% |
| Tottori | 1,025 | 15.7% |
| Akita | 783 | 12.4% |
View data table · Dependent
| Prefecture | Residents | Share of the prefecture |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | 85,954 | 10.7% |
| Osaka | 39,818 | 10.6% |
| Saitama | 33,167 | 11.4% |
| Kanagawa | 30,826 | 9.7% |
| Chiba | 30,232 | 11.6% |
| Aichi | 26,236 | 7.3% |
| Hyogo | 11,701 | 7.5% |
| Fukuoka | 10,481 | 8.4% |
| Ibaraki | 9,988 | 8.9% |
| Gunma | 7,212 | 8.0% |
| Shizuoka | 6,356 | 4.8% |
| Kyoto | 6,072 | 6.6% |
| Tochigi | 5,478 | 8.9% |
| Mie | 4,403 | 6.0% |
| Hokkaido | 3,968 | 5.1% |
| Gifu | 3,695 | 4.6% |
| Hiroshima | 3,662 | 5.0% |
| Shiga | 3,322 | 7.2% |
| Okinawa | 2,522 | 7.6% |
| Okayama | 2,377 | 5.7% |
| Miyagi | 2,123 | 6.5% |
| Nagano | 1,949 | 3.8% |
| Yamanashi | 1,919 | 7.6% |
| Nara | 1,637 | 7.6% |
| Kumamoto | 1,604 | 5.0% |
| Toyama | 1,579 | 6.0% |
| Niigata | 1,433 | 5.4% |
| Fukushima | 1,102 | 5.1% |
| Ishikawa | 1,091 | 4.6% |
| Oita | 1,032 | 4.5% |
| Yamaguchi | 888 | 3.9% |
| Kagawa | 835 | 3.8% |
| Nagasaki | 741 | 4.2% |
| Saga | 736 | 5.7% |
| Ehime | 623 | 3.1% |
| Miyazaki | 564 | 4.3% |
| Kagoshima | 561 | 2.6% |
| Fukui | 549 | 2.6% |
| Tokushima | 520 | 5.4% |
| Wakayama | 518 | 4.5% |
| Iwate | 432 | 3.4% |
| Yamagata | 406 | 3.7% |
| Shimane | 380 | 3.2% |
| Aomori | 308 | 3.3% |
| Tottori | 282 | 4.3% |
| Akita | 255 | 4.0% |
| Kochi | 223 | 3.0% |
View data table · Long-term resident
| Prefecture | Residents | Share of the prefecture |
|---|---|---|
| Aichi | 42,225 | 11.8% |
| Tokyo | 25,937 | 3.2% |
| Shizuoka | 20,070 | 15.2% |
| Kanagawa | 16,789 | 5.3% |
| Saitama | 15,703 | 5.4% |
| Chiba | 12,680 | 4.9% |
| Gunma | 11,096 | 12.4% |
| Osaka | 10,591 | 2.8% |
| Gifu | 9,822 | 12.2% |
| Mie | 9,724 | 13.2% |
| Ibaraki | 7,739 | 6.9% |
| Hyogo | 5,016 | 3.2% |
| Shiga | 4,750 | 10.3% |
| Tochigi | 4,337 | 7.0% |
| Nagano | 3,664 | 7.2% |
| Fukui | 3,140 | 14.6% |
| Hiroshima | 2,593 | 3.6% |
| Shimane | 2,400 | 20.1% |
| Fukuoka | 2,315 | 1.8% |
| Yamanashi | 1,977 | 7.8% |
| Toyama | 1,773 | 6.7% |
| Kyoto | 1,483 | 1.6% |
| Okinawa | 1,117 | 3.3% |
| Ishikawa | 1,079 | 4.6% |
| Okayama | 798 | 1.9% |
| Fukushima | 686 | 3.2% |
| Kagawa | 663 | 3.0% |
| Niigata | 645 | 2.4% |
| Hokkaido | 618 | 0.8% |
| Miyagi | 480 | 1.5% |
| Kumamoto | 478 | 1.5% |
| Wakayama | 410 | 3.6% |
| Yamaguchi | 406 | 1.8% |
| Oita | 391 | 1.7% |
| Nara | 388 | 1.8% |
| Kagoshima | 382 | 1.8% |
| Ehime | 340 | 1.7% |
| Nagasaki | 227 | 1.3% |
| Saga | 199 | 1.5% |
| Iwate | 194 | 1.5% |
| Yamagata | 188 | 1.7% |
| Aomori | 168 | 1.8% |
| Tokushima | 166 | 1.7% |
| Miyazaki | 166 | 1.3% |
| Tottori | 139 | 2.1% |
| Akita | 98 | 1.5% |
| Kochi | 96 | 1.3% |
View data table · Spouse or child of a Japanese national
| Prefecture | Residents | Share of the prefecture |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | 29,326 | 3.7% |
| Kanagawa | 13,982 | 4.4% |
| Aichi | 13,344 | 3.7% |
| Saitama | 11,632 | 4.0% |
| Chiba | 11,228 | 4.3% |
| Osaka | 10,006 | 2.7% |
| Shizuoka | 5,477 | 4.1% |
| Hyogo | 4,492 | 2.9% |
| Fukuoka | 4,450 | 3.5% |
| Ibaraki | 4,221 | 3.8% |
| Gunma | 3,681 | 4.1% |
| Nagano | 3,355 | 6.6% |
| Kyoto | 2,758 | 3.0% |
| Gifu | 2,731 | 3.4% |
| Tochigi | 2,523 | 4.1% |
| Okinawa | 2,480 | 7.4% |
| Mie | 2,478 | 3.4% |
| Hokkaido | 2,313 | 3.0% |
| Shiga | 1,810 | 3.9% |
| Hiroshima | 1,775 | 2.4% |
| Fukushima | 1,227 | 5.7% |
| Yamanashi | 1,216 | 4.8% |
| Okayama | 1,161 | 2.8% |
| Niigata | 1,147 | 4.3% |
| Miyagi | 1,010 | 3.1% |
| Fukui | 986 | 4.6% |
| Kumamoto | 959 | 3.0% |
| Nara | 934 | 4.3% |
| Toyama | 843 | 3.2% |
| Kagoshima | 782 | 3.6% |
| Shimane | 780 | 6.5% |
| Ishikawa | 754 | 3.2% |
| Oita | 643 | 2.8% |
| Yamaguchi | 628 | 2.8% |
| Ehime | 622 | 3.1% |
| Nagasaki | 616 | 3.5% |
| Kagawa | 587 | 2.7% |
| Wakayama | 536 | 4.6% |
| Iwate | 437 | 3.5% |
| Miyazaki | 428 | 3.3% |
| Yamagata | 407 | 3.7% |
| Saga | 385 | 3.0% |
| Aomori | 378 | 4.0% |
| Tokushima | 330 | 3.4% |
| Kochi | 291 | 4.0% |
| Akita | 270 | 4.3% |
| Tottori | 204 | 3.1% |
View data table · Designated activities
| Prefecture | Residents | Share of the prefecture |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | 31,632 | 3.9% |
| Saitama | 9,856 | 3.4% |
| Osaka | 8,453 | 2.3% |
| Kanagawa | 8,260 | 2.6% |
| Chiba | 6,687 | 2.6% |
| Aichi | 6,412 | 1.8% |
| Hokkaido | 6,398 | 8.3% |
| Gunma | 3,916 | 4.4% |
| Nagano | 3,740 | 7.4% |
| Ibaraki | 3,551 | 3.2% |
| Tochigi | 3,089 | 5.0% |
| Fukuoka | 3,076 | 2.5% |
| Hyogo | 2,897 | 1.9% |
| Kyoto | 2,233 | 2.4% |
| Oita | 1,964 | 8.5% |
| Shizuoka | 1,960 | 1.5% |
| Gifu | 1,594 | 2.0% |
| Hiroshima | 1,562 | 2.2% |
| Niigata | 1,446 | 5.4% |
| Mie | 1,231 | 1.7% |
| Shiga | 1,206 | 2.6% |
| Okayama | 1,004 | 2.4% |
| Okinawa | 975 | 2.9% |
| Kumamoto | 805 | 2.5% |
| Ishikawa | 744 | 3.2% |
| Fukushima | 665 | 3.1% |
| Toyama | 659 | 2.5% |
| Yamaguchi | 630 | 2.8% |
| Kagoshima | 624 | 2.9% |
| Yamanashi | 568 | 2.2% |
| Kagawa | 510 | 2.3% |
| Miyagi | 495 | 1.5% |
| Fukui | 459 | 2.1% |
| Iwate | 444 | 3.5% |
| Nagasaki | 410 | 2.3% |
| Nara | 402 | 1.9% |
| Tokushima | 401 | 4.1% |
| Yamagata | 339 | 3.1% |
| Miyazaki | 333 | 2.6% |
| Ehime | 313 | 1.5% |
| Saga | 282 | 2.2% |
| Wakayama | 195 | 1.7% |
| Shimane | 187 | 1.6% |
| Aomori | 168 | 1.8% |
| Kochi | 147 | 2.0% |
| Akita | 124 | 2.0% |
| Tottori | 100 | 1.5% |
View data table · All other mid- to long-term statuses
| Prefecture | Residents | Share of the prefecture |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | 72,537 | 9.1% |
| Osaka | 27,688 | 7.4% |
| Kanagawa | 23,407 | 7.4% |
| Saitama | 19,053 | 6.5% |
| Aichi | 18,058 | 5.0% |
| Chiba | 17,891 | 6.9% |
| Hyogo | 7,758 | 5.0% |
| Ibaraki | 7,328 | 6.6% |
| Fukuoka | 6,647 | 5.3% |
| Hokkaido | 6,448 | 8.3% |
| Kyoto | 5,743 | 6.2% |
| Shizuoka | 5,632 | 4.3% |
| Gunma | 4,141 | 4.6% |
| Gifu | 3,902 | 4.8% |
| Mie | 3,401 | 4.6% |
| Tochigi | 3,120 | 5.0% |
| Hiroshima | 2,778 | 3.8% |
| Okinawa | 2,156 | 6.5% |
| Miyagi | 2,128 | 6.5% |
| Nagano | 2,111 | 4.2% |
| Shiga | 1,910 | 4.1% |
| Yamanashi | 1,757 | 6.9% |
| Kumamoto | 1,650 | 5.1% |
| Okayama | 1,643 | 3.9% |
| Niigata | 1,374 | 5.1% |
| Toyama | 1,336 | 5.1% |
| Nara | 1,200 | 5.5% |
| Ishikawa | 999 | 4.3% |
| Fukushima | 920 | 4.3% |
| Nagasaki | 909 | 5.2% |
| Kagawa | 808 | 3.7% |
| Yamaguchi | 790 | 3.5% |
| Oita | 767 | 3.3% |
| Fukui | 766 | 3.6% |
| Ehime | 754 | 3.7% |
| Wakayama | 667 | 5.8% |
| Iwate | 628 | 5.0% |
| Saga | 628 | 4.9% |
| Tokushima | 562 | 5.8% |
| Kagoshima | 557 | 2.6% |
| Aomori | 508 | 5.4% |
| Yamagata | 468 | 4.2% |
| Miyazaki | 430 | 3.3% |
| Kochi | 387 | 5.3% |
| Shimane | 375 | 3.1% |
| Akita | 362 | 5.7% |
| Tottori | 275 | 4.2% |
View data table · Special permanent residents
| Prefecture | Residents | Share of the prefecture |
|---|---|---|
| Osaka | 67,562 | 18.0% |
| Tokyo | 37,642 | 4.7% |
| Hyogo | 31,583 | 20.4% |
| Aichi | 20,888 | 5.8% |
| Kyoto | 17,761 | 19.2% |
| Kanagawa | 14,972 | 4.7% |
| Fukuoka | 9,882 | 7.9% |
| Saitama | 7,859 | 2.7% |
| Chiba | 6,642 | 2.6% |
| Hiroshima | 5,643 | 7.8% |
| Yamaguchi | 4,142 | 18.4% |
| Okayama | 3,612 | 8.6% |
| Mie | 3,185 | 4.3% |
| Shiga | 3,143 | 6.8% |
| Gifu | 2,900 | 3.6% |
| Hokkaido | 2,671 | 3.5% |
| Shizuoka | 2,606 | 2.0% |
| Nara | 2,472 | 11.4% |
| Ibaraki | 1,940 | 1.7% |
| Nagano | 1,769 | 3.5% |
| Miyagi | 1,549 | 4.7% |
| Fukui | 1,510 | 7.0% |
| Wakayama | 1,432 | 12.4% |
| Gunma | 1,278 | 1.4% |
| Tochigi | 1,220 | 2.0% |
| Ishikawa | 972 | 4.1% |
| Oita | 923 | 4.0% |
| Niigata | 845 | 3.2% |
| Fukushima | 765 | 3.5% |
| Ehime | 753 | 3.7% |
| Tottori | 716 | 11.0% |
| Toyama | 592 | 2.3% |
| Kagawa | 541 | 2.5% |
| Nagasaki | 488 | 2.8% |
| Aomori | 460 | 4.9% |
| Iwate | 454 | 3.6% |
| Shimane | 432 | 3.6% |
| Yamanashi | 420 | 1.7% |
| Kumamoto | 413 | 1.3% |
| Okinawa | 404 | 1.2% |
| Saga | 377 | 2.9% |
| Kochi | 338 | 4.6% |
| Akita | 286 | 4.5% |
| Miyazaki | 266 | 2.0% |
| Yamagata | 211 | 1.9% |
| Kagoshima | 192 | 0.9% |
| Tokushima | 167 | 1.7% |
Source: Statistics on Foreign Residents in Japan, end of 2025: tables 1, 3, 4 and 6