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Hi Blog. Here are some articles about a matter of some import–at least to the long-established Postwar order of Koreans being Japan’s top-dog NJ residents (in terms of numbers; they still are the most influential in terms of organization).
As of the end of last year, the Chinese (with higher numbers of immigration, and the dwindling Zainichi Korean population) have overtaken the Koreans to become the largest NJ group in Japan, the GOJ says.
Here are some articles from Kyodo/Japan Times, Mainichi, and Yomiuri (love their respective angles–the Yomiuri just has to point out the issue that some Zainichi Koreans are pro-Pyongyang). I’ll try to have some analysis in a later post of the GOJ raw numbers being referred to. Arudou Debito in Sapporo
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Chinese became the largest group of foreign residents in Japan at the end of 2007, outnumbering Koreans, the Immigration Bureau said Tuesday.
Of the 2.15 million registered foreigners in Japan, Chinese numbered 606,889, or 28.2 percent, while Koreans totaled 593,489, or 27.6 percent, the bureau said. They were followed by Brazilians, Filipinos and Peruvians.
The number of registered foreigners is about 50 percent higher than a decade ago and constitutes 1.7 percent of Japan’s dwindling population.
Among the registered foreigners are students, spouses of Japanese and “special” permanent residents, most of whom are of Korean descent.
Among registered Koreans, 426,227 were special permanent residents — those who were forcibly brought to Japan from the Korean Peninsula when it was under Japanese colonial rule, and their offspring.
1 comment on “GOJ: Chinese are largest NJ group in Japan as of end-2007”
This is very apparent here in Tokyo. I would say the number of Chinese students has increased dramatically even in the last two or three years. This is especially from the explosion in the number of foreign (and mostly Chinese) students you see working part time jobs in places like convenience stores and restaurants. With the number of young Japanese shrinking, I think we will likely see this trend of Japanese universities looking to China continue.