The number of foreigners who entered Japan in the last year was about 4.31 million, a decrease of more than 86% from the previous year due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the largest drop since we started collecting statistics.
According to the preliminary figures released by the Immigration Bureau of Japan, the number of foreigners who entered Japan in the last year was about 4.37,000, a decrease of about 26.88 million, or about 86%, compared to the previous year. , It was the biggest drop since 1950 when we started collecting statistics.
Of these, approximately 136,000 new foreigners have entered the country since April last year, when border measures were strengthened in response to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
By month, the number of new immigrants was about 2.3 million in January, but it has decreased significantly to 1256 in April and 165 in May.
On the other hand, the number of foreigners who newly entered the country by using measures to allow business people and persons with medium- to long-term status of residence such as international students to enter the country under certain conditions has been about 112,000 since August last year. I became a person.