Vietnamese nationals account largest proportion of Japan’s foreign worker population

TOKYO, Jan 30 (Bernama) -- Vietnamese nationals are the largest proportion of foreign workers in Japan, accounted for 25.4 per cent of the total 1.82 million foreign workers working in Japan as of the end of October last year, according to the Japanese Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry (MHLW).

The data released last week showed that a record 1,822,725 million foreign workers were working in Japan as of the end of October 2022, a rise of 5.5 per cent from the same period of 2021, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.

Of the total foreign worker population, there were 462,384 Vietnamese nationals, 385,848 Chinese nationals, and 206,050 Filipinos, which made them the top three biggest communities.

It reported the data also showed a new high of 298,790 workplaces employed foreign workers, an increase of 4.8 per cent. Businesses with fewer than 30 workers, which make up more than 90 per cent of firms in Japan, accounted for 61.4 per cent of the employers with foreign workers.

Geographically, Tokyo was home to the most foreign workers with 500,089 people, followed by Aichi prefecture with 188,691 individuals, and Osaka prefecture with 124,570 people.

-- BERNAMA