Foreign people in Japan

Paul Sato · Apr 10, 2003, 07:32

How many foreign people live in Japan?

Reignfire · Apr 10, 2003, 08:57

I think like 1% of the people in Japan are foreign.

**NANGI** · Apr 10, 2003, 09:54

Konnichiwa Paul Sato-san!

The foreigner living in Japan is 1,778,462.
And the top nationality of them is Korea, 632,405.
The second is China, 381,225.
The third is Brazil, 265,962.

This statistics data in 2001.

NANGI

Paul Sato · Apr 10, 2003, 10:23

Thanks. Aragato.

tsukasa · Apr 15, 2003, 18:20

are japanese people treat foreigners different? how about the government policy?

**NANGI** · Apr 15, 2003, 23:20

Konnichiwa Tsukasa-san!

The Japanese are friendly to foreigners. But a lot of people has misgivings at the bottom of their heart about foreigners. This is by reason of unfamiliar with foreigners. Japan is an island country and foreigners are very few. Some of Japanese are cautious about foreigners but they don't hate them. They only don't know how to get along with foreigners.
The Japanese government is unreliable. The government have no interest in foreigners. It is clearly by reason of a small number of travelers in Japan. A lot of Japanese go on a trip abroad but the traveler from foreign country are very few in Japan. The government don't make efforts to attract foreigners.

NANGI

Maciamo · Apr 15, 2003, 23:44

I've always wondered how many European people (and what proportion for each nationality) lived in Japan. I can't find it on the Japanese Immigration site.

**NANGI** · Apr 16, 2003, 17:57

Konnichiwa Maciamo-san!

Please look next sites.;)

http://www.moj.go.jp/PRESS/020322-2/020322-2.html#t02
http://www.moj.go.jp/PRESS/010613-1/010613-1.html

Those sites are the Immigration Bureau's site in Japan and Japanese only.

NANGI

Maciamo · Apr 16, 2003, 21:53

These figures seem rather contradictive. In the first, English totalise 3,9% (+3,5% from HK), and Germans 1,9% (no mention of other countries) of all foreigners in Japan. On that page all Europeans account for just 2,5%. Worse, on the former American (US) take a a 13,5% share + Canadians 2,4%, but the total of North American falls to 3,4% in the 2nd page. guess the reason is that the first data is for non-resident (tourist, businesspeople, short-term visitors), while the second is for long-term resident only. Is that right ?

I had seen this site (in English) before but I couldn't find the number of EU residents and still can't.

I have found this map which shows the clear difference in proportion between registered foreigners (residents) and others (visitors). Among residents, there are 4362 French people, 4163 Germans and 14438 British (don't know at what exact date they counted with such extreme accuracy

). Still don't know about Italians, Spanish and smaller countries...

**Duo** · Apr 25, 2003, 23:54

Are there any Albanians in Japan?

Well if not I'm happy to report that soon an Albanian embassy will open in Tokyo for the first time. Now our two countries can make some good business deals.

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Reignfire Junior Member Join Date: Apr 6, 2003 Posts: 4	I think like 1% of the people in Japan are foreign.

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NANGI Tutor Join Date: Jan 8, 2003 Location: I live in Kansai. Posts: 2,276	Konnichiwa Paul Sato-san! The foreigner living in Japan is 1,778,462. And the top nationality of them is Korea, 632,405. The second is China, 381,225. The third is Brazil, 265,962. This statistics data in 2001. NANGI

Apr 10, 2003, 10:23	#4
Paul Sato Junior Member Join Date: Apr 10, 2003 Posts: 2	Thanks. Aragato.

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tsukasa Junior Member Join Date: Mar 25, 2003 Age: 30 Posts: 5	are japanese people treat foreigners different? how about the government policy?

Apr 15, 2003, 23:20	#6
NANGI Tutor Join Date: Jan 8, 2003 Location: I live in Kansai. Posts: 2,276	Konnichiwa Tsukasa-san! The Japanese are friendly to foreigners. But a lot of people has misgivings at the bottom of their heart about foreigners. This is by reason of unfamiliar with foreigners. Japan is an island country and foreigners are very few. Some of Japanese are cautious about foreigners but they don't hate them. They only don't know how to get along with foreigners. The Japanese government is unreliable. The government have no interest in foreigners. It is clearly by reason of a small number of travelers in Japan. A lot of Japanese go on a trip abroad but the traveler from foreign country are very few in Japan. The government don't make efforts to attract foreigners. NANGI

Apr 16, 2003, 17:57	#8
NANGI Tutor Join Date: Jan 8, 2003 Location: I live in Kansai. Posts: 2,276	Konnichiwa Maciamo-san! Please look next sites.;) http://www.moj.go.jp/PRESS/020322-2/020322-2.html#t02 http://www.moj.go.jp/PRESS/010613-1/010613-1.html Those sites are the Immigration Bureau's site in Japan and Japanese only. NANGI

Apr 16, 2003, 21:53	#9
Maciamo Decommissioned ex-admin Join Date: Jul 17, 2002 Location: Austrasia Posts: 6,647	These figures seem rather contradictive. In the first, English totalise 3,9% (+3,5% from HK), and Germans 1,9% (no mention of other countries) of all foreigners in Japan. On that page all Europeans account for just 2,5%. Worse, on the former American (US) take a a 13,5% share + Canadians 2,4%, but the total of North American falls to 3,4% in the 2nd page. guess the reason is that the first data is for non-resident (tourist, businesspeople, short-term visitors), while the second is for long-term resident only. Is that right ? I had seen this site (in English) before but I couldn't find the number of EU residents and still can't. I have found this map which shows the clear difference in proportion between registered foreigners (residents) and others (visitors). Among residents, there are 4362 French people, 4163 Germans and 14438 British (don't know at what exact date they counted with such extreme accuracy ). Still don't know about Italians, Spanish and smaller countries...

Apr 25, 2003, 23:54	#10
Duo As the Rush Comes Join Date: Apr 25, 2003 Location: The EU capital Age: 25 Posts: 1,288	Are there any Albanians in Japan? Well if not I'm happy to report that soon an Albanian embassy will open in Tokyo for the first time. Now our two countries can make some good business deals.