Europeans in Japan – basic information

This post provides some quick facts and numbers about European population residing in Japan based on official statistics.

Quick facts

  • There are about 75,000 European nationals living in Japan (by 2018)
  • Their number has more than tripled between years 1988 and 2016
  • Most of the Europeans in Japan come from the UK (about 18,000) followed by France (13,000), Russia (9,000), Germany (7,000) and Italy (4,000)

Basic statistics in charts

All charts are based on data from Statistics on Foreign Residents in Japan issued by Ministry of Justice (here) and further analyzed by the author.

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