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Instructor

Status of residence · Japan

Residents, December 2025
15,496
Share of all foreign residents
0.4%
Change on a year earlier
+3.8%
Nationalities
123
Residents15,496Dec 2025
Year by year
Data as at Dec 2025
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Residents by year

Foreign residents holding the Instructor status of residence at the end of each December. Language instruction and other education at elementary, junior high and high schools and similar institutions.

Foreign residents

7,74815k201220132014201520162017201820192022202320242025
7,74815k2012201420162018202220242025
Data table
201210,121
201310,076
201410,141
201510,670
201611,159
201711,524
201812,462
201913,331
202213,413
202314,157
202414,929
202515,496
December 2025
15,496
December 2012
10,121
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. United States5,981
  2. Philippines2,812
  3. United Kingdom1,679
  4. Canada1,008
  5. Australia608
  6. Jamaica382
  7. South Africa369
  8. New Zealand292
  9. Nigeria223
  10. Ireland168
  11. India166
  12. Zimbabwe139
  13. Trinidad and Tobago132
  14. South Korea122
  15. France110
  16. China104
  17. Ghana104
  18. Singapore95
  19. Kenya79
  20. Pakistan77
Nationality2022202320242025
United States5,8495,9825,9635,981
Philippines1,7352,0302,5302,812
United Kingdom1,4401,5491,6241,679
Canada1,0271,0881,0471,008
Australia621645649608
Jamaica444430414382
South Africa245290324369
New Zealand307283287292
Nigeria109133167223
Ireland145147164168
India136155160166
Zimbabwe4467120139
Trinidad and Tobago8797118132
South Korea107100105122
France111115114110
China777590104
Ghana516890104
Singapore97958795
Kenya35466279
Pakistan27276177
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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