Close to 1.4 thousand illegal foreign workers from China were detected in Japan in 2022. The number of cases involving workers from Vietnam showed an upward trend in recent years and surpassed China in 2019, reaching over 2.5 thousand cases in 2022.
Number of detected illegal foreign workers in Japan from 2013 to 2022, by major nationality
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Ministry of Justice (Japan). (December 11, 2023). Number of detected illegal foreign workers in Japan from 2013 to 2022, by major nationality [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 14, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114920/japan-number-of-illegal-foreign-workers-by-major-nationality/
Ministry of Justice (Japan). "Number of detected illegal foreign workers in Japan from 2013 to 2022, by major nationality." Chart. December 11, 2023. Statista. Accessed October 14, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114920/japan-number-of-illegal-foreign-workers-by-major-nationality/
Ministry of Justice (Japan). (2023). Number of detected illegal foreign workers in Japan from 2013 to 2022, by major nationality. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 14, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114920/japan-number-of-illegal-foreign-workers-by-major-nationality/
Ministry of Justice (Japan). "Number of Detected Illegal Foreign Workers in Japan from 2013 to 2022, by Major Nationality." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114920/japan-number-of-illegal-foreign-workers-by-major-nationality/
Ministry of Justice (Japan), Number of detected illegal foreign workers in Japan from 2013 to 2022, by major nationality Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114920/japan-number-of-illegal-foreign-workers-by-major-nationality/ (last visited October 14, 2024)
Number of detected illegal foreign workers in Japan from 2013 to 2022, by major nationality [Graph], Ministry of Justice (Japan), December 11, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114920/japan-number-of-illegal-foreign-workers-by-major-nationality/
