China Overseas Press, March 30th. According to the report of the Japanese Overseas Chinese Newspaper, recently, the Japan Immigration and Residence Management Agency released the latest data: as of the end of 2019, the number of foreigners in Japan reached 2.933137 million, an increase of 7.4% over the end of 2018, a record An all-time high record. In the category of residency, more than 400,000 "skilled internships" have become a workforce that cannot be ignored. It should be mentioned that in order to achieve the so-called "labor nation", Japan revised the law in April 2019 and newly established "specific skills" visas for foreigners. However, the only foreigners currently holding such visas in Japan are 1,621 people.
In terms of status of residence, the number of "permanent residents" was the largest, an increase of 2.8% over the same period of 2018, to 793,164 people; followed by "skilled internships" of 410,972 and "study abroad" of 345,791, an increase of 2.6%. "Specific skills" is expected to grow to a maximum of 4755 people in 2019, showing weak growth.
In terms of countries and regions, the Chinese population is the largest, reaching 813,675. However, the Chinese had previously reached 860,000 people in Japan, and the number has now fallen. This was followed by 446,364 people in South Korea. Vietnam ranked third because there are many skilled interns in Japan, an increase of 24.5% over the same period in 2018, and there are already 411,968 people. It is expected to surpass Korea in 2020.
The number of foreigners in Japan's 47 prefectures and counties has increased compared with the same period in 2018. Tokyo has the largest number of people, with 5,93,458 (up 4.5% year-on-year), followed by 281,153 in Aichi Prefecture (up 7.7% year-on-year) and 255,894 in Osaka Prefecture (up 7.0% year-on-year). (Wang Qin)