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Recent changes in official statistics
A same-month comparison of published statistics from December 2024 to December 2025.
- Tokyo
- Increase in residents
- +62,492 residents
- Percentage increase
- +8.5%
- Osaka
- Increase in residents
- +41,755 residents
- Percentage increase
- +12.5%
- Saitama
- Increase in residents
- +28,555 residents
- Percentage increase
- +10.9%
- Chiba
- Increase in residents
- +28,049 residents
- Percentage increase
- +12.1%
- Aichi
- Increase in residents
- +26,067 residents
- Percentage increase
- +7.9%
Source: e-Stat, Statistics on Foreign Residents. This compares published counts for all foreign residents for the same month.
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