As of October 2024, approximately ****** Japanese residents lived in South Korea, the second-highest number in the past decade. The population has shown a general upward trend following a decline recorded in 2020.
Japanese citizens with a stay of longer than three months
Supplementary notes
Data prior to 2020 comes from previous reporting.
Figures are based on the information gathered by Japanese diplomatic government offices abroad and do not include descendants of Japanese emigrants (nikkeijin) who do not hold Japanese citizenship. People with multiple citizenships are counted.
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