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Skilled Labor

Status of residence · Japan

Residents, December 2025
54,574
Share of all foreign residents
1.3%
Change on a year earlier
+16.8%
Nationalities
106
Residents54,574Dec 2025
Year by year
Data as at Dec 2025
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Residents by year

Foreign residents holding the Skilled Labor status of residence at the end of each December. Work requiring skills in specialised industrial fields, such as chefs of foreign cuisine.

Foreign residents

27k55k201220132014201520162017201820192022202320242025
27k55k2012201420162018202220242025
Data table
201233,863
201333,425
201433,374
201537,202
201639,756
201739,177
201839,915
201941,692
202239,775
202342,499
202446,712
202554,574
December 2025
54,574
December 2012
33,863
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. Nepal23,823
  2. China15,178
  3. India7,932
  4. Thailand1,358
  5. Vietnam1,117
  6. Philippines896
  7. South Korea540
  8. Sri Lanka530
  9. Bangladesh441
  10. Indonesia323
  11. Pakistan316
  12. Myanmar194
  13. Venezuela167
  14. Türkiye150
  15. Australia90
  16. France86
  17. United Kingdom84
  18. Malaysia73
  19. Taiwan70
  20. United States70
Nationality2022202320242025
Nepal13,12815,22018,12423,823
China14,38213,98914,12315,178
India6,1326,6817,2767,932
Thailand1,2241,2891,3171,358
Vietnam7799421,0671,117
Philippines750790844896
South Korea583579561540
Sri Lanka252339418530
Bangladesh292313365441
Indonesia203259298323
Pakistan231238276316
Myanmar80143190194
Venezuela143147159167
Türkiye148154151150
Australia90888290
France63606886
United Kingdom99849584
Malaysia54616673
Taiwan59636670
United States66657970
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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