more than 483 thousand people from other countries as of October 2019.
The number of foreign workers in Japan amounted to almost 1.66 million persons as of October 2019. The number more than doubled between 2014 and 2019. The manufacturing industry continued to be the most important employer of foreign labor in Japan, employing Total number of foreign workers in Japan from 2010 to 2019 (in 1,000s)
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MHLW (Japan). (January 31, 2020). Total number of foreign workers in Japan from 2010 to 2019 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 18, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/961717/japan-number-foreign-workers/
MHLW (Japan). "Total number of foreign workers in Japan from 2010 to 2019 (in 1,000s)." Chart. January 31, 2020. Statista. Accessed January 18, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/961717/japan-number-foreign-workers/
MHLW (Japan). (2020). Total number of foreign workers in Japan from 2010 to 2019 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 18, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/961717/japan-number-foreign-workers/
MHLW (Japan). "Total Number of Foreign Workers in Japan from 2010 to 2019 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/961717/japan-number-foreign-workers/
MHLW (Japan), Total number of foreign workers in Japan from 2010 to 2019 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/961717/japan-number-foreign-workers/ (last visited January 18, 2021)