Immigration to Japan

According to the Ministry of Justice, the number of foreign residents in Japan has steadily increased since 1949. In December 2025, there were more than 4.12 million foreign residents, accounting for approximately 3.35% of Japan's estimated population of 123.2 million. Read by ftxs. Recorded December 1, 2017; the article may have changed since. The article as it stood when recorded: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=799208997 Article today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Japan Original recording: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:En-ImmigrationtoJapan-article.ogg License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0). This episode is a format-shifted (MP3) copy redistributed under the same license. This show is an independent community project, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation.