The Japan Times·1 min read
Foreign residents grow to record 3.48% of Japan’s population
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Jessica Speed
Japan’s foreign resident population grew 3.8% to a record 4.28 million in the first half of 2026, government data released Friday shows, while residence status overstayers fell 4.8% to just over 65,000.The number of foreign residents reached a total of 4,281,026 as of the end of June, up 155,631 from the…
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