Number of foreign national workers in Japan 2024, by industry

Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 3, 2025

As of October 2024, Japan's manufacturing industry employed around 598.3 thousand foreign workers, making it the most important source of employment for the increasing number of foreign workers in the country. It was followed by the service industry, which employed over 354.4 thousand workers from other countries.

Number of foreign nationals working in Japan in 2024, by industry (in 1,000s)

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January 2025

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Japan

Survey time period

2024; as of end of October

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Values have been rounded.

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