{"id":8032,"date":"2010-12-11T19:06:49","date_gmt":"2010-12-11T10:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=8032"},"modified":"2010-12-11T19:15:19","modified_gmt":"2010-12-11T10:15:19","slug":"latest-numbers-on-japans-registered-nj-population-from-moj-november-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=8032","title":{"rendered":"Latest numbers on Japan’s registered NJ population from MOJ (November 2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi Blog. I gave two lectures a couple of weeks ago at Hokudai’s International Student Center on Japan’s multicultural future (a prognostication I find a bit weaker in recent years, what with the drop in NJ numbers in 2009 in all honesty, especially after the Nikkei Repatriation Bribe<\/a>). So I went on a dig for the most recent GOJ stats on NJ residents, and think it appropriate for this weekend’s blog entry. Have a look:<\/p>\n

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Source<\/span>:\u00a0 Ministry of Justice website, press release dated November 10, 2010<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.moj.go.jp\/nyuukokukanri\/kouhou\/nyuukokukanri04_00005.html<\/a><\/p>\n

COMMENT<\/strong>: \u00a0As you can see, the numbers of NJ have increased without fail every year (for 48 years, as a matter of fact) until last year, now standing at nearly 2.2 million.<\/p>\n

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Source<\/span>:\u00a0 Ministry of Justice website, press release dated November 10, 2010<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.moj.go.jp\/nyuukokukanri\/kouhou\/nyuukokukanri04_00005.html<\/a><\/p>\n

COMMENT<\/strong>: \u00a0Here we have the number of resident NJ by nationality. \u00a0As of 2007, the Chinese residents overtook the Koreans (North and South and Zainichi) for the first time in history, and are significantly more numerous than before. \u00a0Their numbers are not abating, whereas the Koreans and Brazilians are going down significantly. \u00a0Up also are people from The Philippines. \u00a0Peruvians and Americans down slightly, while people from “sono ta” other countries are increasing their percentage of the population by a few fractions of a percent every year. \u00a0Vietnamese, Thais, Subcontinental Indians, and Nepalese are the most significant gainers in this categories, growing by more than 10,000 souls over the past decade.<\/p>\n

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Source<\/span>:\u00a0 Ministry of Justice website, press release dated November 10, 2010<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.moj.go.jp\/content\/000049973.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

COMMENT<\/strong>: \u00a0Here we have NJ by Status of Residence (visa status). \u00a0The red and white candy stripe area indicates Permanent Residents (both Regular (immigrant) and Special (Zainichi generational foreigners), who comprise more than 43% of all registered NJ in Japan. \u00a0Nearly half (and growing, as you will see in the next graph) of all NJ here can stay here forever. \u00a0Bubbling under are Spouse of Japanese (10.2%), Long-Term Residents (generally the Nikkei workers from South America, 10.1%), and Exchange Students (6.7%).<\/p>\n

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Source<\/span>:\u00a0 Ministry of Justice website, press release dated November 10, 2010<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.moj.go.jp\/content\/000049973.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

COMMENT<\/strong>: \u00a0Here we have registered NJ by Status of Residence again, showing us how the numbers have changed over time. \u00a0Permanent Residents have increased significantly unabated, except that the Special PRs (Zainichis) keep dropping significantly, while the Regular (immigrants) keep increasing significantly both in number and percentage (8.4%) over 2009 (they crossed lines in 2007; there are now significantly more “Newcomer” immigrants than “Oldcomer” \u00a0Zainichis). \u00a0Meanwhile, the non-Permanents have dropped by nearly 5% over the past year. \u00a0The largest drop percentages are the “Trainees” (generally Chinese working in factories, allegedly receiving training but often being used as slave laborers<\/a>) by nearly a quarter, and the Long-Term Residents (Nikkei workers, again being offered bribes to go “home” and be somebody else’s unemployment statistic<\/a>). \u00a0Also significantly dropping are the “Entertainers” (often people working in the sex trades, again slavery except this time sexual<\/a>), at 15.8% which to me is good news.<\/p>\n

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Source<\/span>:\u00a0 Ministry of Justice website, press release dated November 10, 2010<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.moj.go.jp\/nyuukokukanri\/kouhou\/nyuukokukanri04_00005.html<\/a><\/p>\n

COMMENT<\/strong>: \u00a0Here are the statistics on where NJ are being registered and the change over time. \u00a0Tokyo area is the most popular, rising 3.1%. \u00a0Second is Aichi (Nagoya), dropping significantly, then Osaka (also dropping slightly), Kanagawa (Yokohama) up a bit, and so on down. \u00a0Outside of the major metropolises, NJ numbers are going down significantly (-4.0%).<\/p>\n

One more, since this is fun. \u00a0More raw numbers and rises and falls in the NJ population by prefecture:<\/p>\n

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Source<\/span>:\u00a0 Ministry of Justice website, press release dated November 10, 2010<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.moj.go.jp\/nyuukokukanri\/kouhou\/nyuukokukanri04_00005.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Numbers in red indicate rises. \u00a0Hey, Hokkaido rose! \u00a0Arudou Debito<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I gave two lectures a couple of weeks ago at Hokudai’s International Student Center on Japan’s multicultural future (a prognostication I find a bit weaker in recent years, what with the drop in NJ numbers in 2009 in all honesty, especially after the Nikkei Repatriation Bribe). So I went on a dig for the most recent GOJ stats on NJ residents, and think it appropriate for this weekend’s blog entry. Have a look. Six screen captures with commentary. For example:<\/p>\n

COMMENT: Here we have the number of resident NJ by nationality. As of 2007, the Chinese residents overtook the Koreans (North and South and Zainichi) for the first time in history, and are significantly more numerous than before. Their numbers are not abating, whereas the Koreans and Brazilians are going down significantly. Up also are people from The Philippines. Peruvians and Americans down slightly, while people from “sono ta” other countries are increasing their percentage of the population by a few fractions of a percent every year. Vietnamese, Thais, Subcontinental Indians, and Nepalese are the most significant gainers in this categories, growing by more than 10,000 souls over the past decade.<\/p>\n

COMMENT: Here we have registered NJ by Status of Residence again, showing us how the numbers have changed over time. Permanent Residents have increased significantly unabated, except that the Special PRs (Zainichis) keep dropping significantly, while the Regular (immigrants) keep increasing significantly both in number and percentage (8.4%) over 2009 (they crossed lines in 2007; there are now significantly more “Newcomer” immigrants than “Oldcomer” Zainichis). Meanwhile, the non-Permanents have dropped by nearly 5% over the past year. The largest drop percentages are the “Trainees” (generally Chinese working in factories, allegedly receiving training but often being used as slave laborers) by nearly a quarter, and the Long-Term Residents (Nikkei workers, again being offered bribes to go “home” and be somebody else’s unemployment statistic). Also significantly dropping are the “Entertainers” (often people working in the sex trades, again slavery except this time sexual), at 15.8% which to me is good news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-immigration-assimilation","category-japanese-government","category-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}