TOKYO – The number of Filipinos residing in Japan continued to rise, reaching 362,761 as of the end of June, making them the country’s fourth-largest foreign population.
Japan’s total foreign population stood at 4,281,026 during the same period, according to the Immigration Services Agency.
The Filipino population increased by 6,182 from the end of December last year.
Chinese nationals remained the largest group at 941,031, followed by Vietnamese at 693,750 and South Koreans at 408,682.
By residence status, permanent residents accounted for the largest group, totaling 961,342.
Tokyo had the highest number of foreign residents at 824,486, followed by Osaka, Aichi, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures.
Meanwhile, the number of foreign nationals overstaying their visas fell to 65,229 as of Jan. 1, down 3,259 from six months earlier. Filipinos accounted for 4,173 of the total, a decrease of 220 over the same period. - Florenda Corpuz
(File photo: Traffic moves along a busy road beneath an elevated railway in Shinjuku, Tokyo, on Jan. 11, 2025. | Din Eugenio)
