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Long-Term Resident

Status of residence · Japan

Residents, December 2025
226,438
Share of all foreign residents
5.5%
Change on a year earlier
+1.4%
Nationalities
154
Residents226,438Dec 2025
Year by year
Data as at Dec 2025
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Residents by year

Foreign residents holding the Long-Term Resident status of residence at the end of each December. Residents granted a designated period of stay for special reasons, such as third-generation Nikkei and resettled refugees.

Foreign residents

113k226k201220132014201520162017201820192022202320242025
113k226k2012201420162018202220242025
Data table
2012165,001
2013160,391
2014159,596
2015161,532
2016168,830
2017179,834
2018192,014
2019204,787
2022206,938
2023216,868
2024223,411
2025226,438
December 2025
226,438
December 2012
165,001
Work-related status
No
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. Brazil68,882
  2. Philippines63,937
  3. China32,047
  4. Peru11,282
  5. Vietnam7,763
  6. South Korea7,183
  7. Thailand4,492
  8. Indonesia2,983
  9. Bolivia2,851
  10. Myanmar2,737
  11. Pakistan2,130
  12. Ukraine1,927
  13. Nepal1,899
  14. United States1,856
  15. Taiwan1,814
  16. India1,086
  17. Sri Lanka915
  18. Afghanistan834
  19. Bangladesh704
  20. Paraguay684
Nationality2022202320242025
Brazil70,90672,18771,05868,882
Philippines57,59160,44662,45863,937
China26,95029,61531,12232,047
Peru11,16111,36311,41511,282
Vietnam6,0686,5367,0877,763
South Korea7,0807,1777,1777,183
Thailand4,2144,3584,4444,492
Indonesia2,5282,6942,8372,983
Bolivia2,5272,6442,7692,851
Myanmar2,5082,5902,6692,737
Pakistan1,6001,7801,9602,130
Ukraine1401381,6531,927
Nepal1,1051,2931,5431,899
United States1,4251,5621,7401,856
Taiwan1,5591,6511,7061,814
India7448829651,086
Sri Lanka570684819915
Afghanistan300557693834
Bangladesh592634698704
Paraguay626675678684
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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