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Permanent Resident

Status of residence · Japan

Residents, December 2025
947,125
Share of all foreign residents
23.0%
Change on a year earlier
+3.2%
Nationalities
187
Residents947,125Dec 2025
Year by year
Data as at Dec 2025
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Residents by year

Foreign residents holding the Permanent Resident status of residence at the end of each December. Residents granted permanent residence by the Minister of Justice.

Foreign residents

474k947k201220132014201520162017201820192022202320242025
474k947k2012201420162018202220242025
Data table
2012624,501
2013655,315
2014677,019
2015700,500
2016727,111
2017749,191
2018771,568
2019793,164
2022863,936
2023891,569
2024918,116
2025947,125
December 2025
947,125
December 2012
624,501
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. China357,565
  2. Philippines143,784
  3. Brazil117,593
  4. South Korea77,013
  5. Peru33,040
  6. Vietnam32,698
  7. Taiwan26,380
  8. Thailand22,207
  9. United States20,810
  10. India10,084
  11. Nepal9,908
  12. Indonesia8,384
  13. United Kingdom7,265
  14. Pakistan5,616
  15. Russia4,730
  16. Bangladesh4,538
  17. Canada4,464
  18. Sri Lanka4,457
  19. France4,035
  20. Malaysia3,645
Nationality2022202320242025
China314,354330,810343,816357,565
Philippines137,615139,534141,798143,784
Brazil114,266115,287116,818117,593
South Korea74,80575,67576,34677,013
Peru33,28433,15133,14033,040
Vietnam22,36024,50528,07032,698
Taiwan24,13725,01625,59426,380
Thailand21,45921,73821,95722,207
United States19,42519,85620,23820,810
India8,3188,7549,32710,084
Nepal6,3807,1458,3349,908
Indonesia7,3887,6327,9608,384
United Kingdom6,7116,8807,0107,265
Pakistan5,2235,3405,4385,616
Russia4,4164,5394,6264,730
Bangladesh3,9884,1774,3264,538
Canada4,1234,2294,3394,464
Sri Lanka3,8024,0074,2104,457
France3,4783,6493,7864,035
Malaysia3,2233,3723,4923,645
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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