Vietnamese apprentices in Japan (Photo: VNA) Tokyo (VNA) – The numberof Vietnamese people residing in Japan reached almost 412,000, making them thethird largest foreign community in the East Asian country, just behind Chinaand the Republic of Korea (RoK), reported the Japanese Immigration Bureau onMarch 27.
According to its report, thetotal number of foreigners in Japan amounted to 2.93 million as of lateDecember 2019, up 202,000 from the same period in 2018, marking an increase ofabout 7.4 percent.
The Chinese was the largestcommunity with over 813,600, followed by the RoK with more than 446,300.
The number of foreigners livingin Japan as apprentices was nearly 411,000, up 25.2 percent year-on-year, surpassingthe number of foreign students for the first time.
Those eligible for long-termresidence was the largest, amounting to almost 793,200.
Japan plans to receive about345,000 foreign workers in the next five years, in an attempt to deal with populationaging and shortage of workers, so as to maintain economic growth./.
According to its report, thetotal number of foreigners in Japan amounted to 2.93 million as of lateDecember 2019, up 202,000 from the same period in 2018, marking an increase ofabout 7.4 percent.
The Chinese was the largestcommunity with over 813,600, followed by the RoK with more than 446,300.
The number of foreigners livingin Japan as apprentices was nearly 411,000, up 25.2 percent year-on-year, surpassingthe number of foreign students for the first time.
Those eligible for long-termresidence was the largest, amounting to almost 793,200.
Japan plans to receive about345,000 foreign workers in the next five years, in an attempt to deal with populationaging and shortage of workers, so as to maintain economic growth./.
VNA
