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 more than 483 thousand people from other countries as of October 2019.
Total number of foreign workers in Japan from 2010 to 2019
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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 February 29, 2020, 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 February 29, 2020. 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: February 29, 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, 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 February 29, 2020)
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