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Business Manager

Status of residence · Japan

Residents, December 2025
46,781
Share of all foreign residents
1.1%
Change on a year earlier
+12.4%
Nationalities
123
Residents46,781Dec 2025
Year by year
Data as at Dec 2025
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Residents by year

Foreign residents holding the Business Manager status of residence at the end of each December. Operating or managing a business in Japan (called Investor/Business Manager until 2015).

Foreign residents

23k47k201220132014201520162017201820192022202320242025
23k47k2012201420162018202220242025
Data table
201212,609
201313,439
201415,184
201518,109
201621,877
201724,033
201825,670
201927,249
202231,808
202337,510
202441,615
202546,781
December 2025
46,781
December 2012
12,609
Work-related status
Yes
Source: Immigration Services Agency of Japan, Statistics on Foreign Residents (在留外国人統計), Table 1, end of December (e-Stat; Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use 2.0)Data as at Dec 2025

By nationality

Top 20 nationalities, end of December 2025. Hong Kong is shown separately but, as in the source table, is also counted within China.

Residents, December 2025
  1. China24,840
  2. Nepal3,158
  3. Pakistan3,014
  4. Vietnam3,005
  5. South Korea2,728
  6. Sri Lanka2,617
  7. Taiwan1,416
  8. Hong Kong957
  9. United States728
  10. India540
  11. Bangladesh504
  12. Afghanistan489
  13. United Kingdom363
  14. Türkiye293
  15. Australia283
  16. Mongolia273
  17. France230
  18. Russia182
  19. Canada179
  20. Thailand178
Nationality2022202320242025
China15,98619,33421,74024,840
Nepal2,3112,5992,8303,158
Pakistan1,8392,2902,5843,014
Vietnam1,5922,1452,5873,005
South Korea2,6652,6902,7412,728
Sri Lanka1,9192,3692,4782,617
Taiwan8791,0421,2311,416
Hong Kong0722584957
United States583607635728
India452515516540
Bangladesh446483473504
Afghanistan374404446489
United Kingdom294309328363
Türkiye153189253293
Australia224240251283
Mongolia154203252273
France271234220230
Russia160166183182
Canada129147146179
Thailand153172176178
Source: Immigration Services Agency of Japan, Statistics on Foreign Residents (在留外国人統計), Table 1, end of December (e-Stat; Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use 2.0)Data as at Dec 2025

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