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The number of foreign residents in the prefecture has decreased to 54,854 (- 0,6% over the previous year)

県内の外国人住民数が５４，８５４人（前年比－３５４人、－０．６％）に減少しました

2021/03/04 Thursday Housing

Results of Foreign Residents Citizenship / Regional Population Survey (December 31, 2020)

Mie prefecture conducts surveys once a year on the number of foreign residents.

The outline of the survey results is as follows. For details, please see the website of Mie Ken Diversity Shakai Suishin-ka (only in japanese).

https://www.pref.mie.lg.jp/TOPICS/m0011500302.htm

Survey Result

  1. Number of foreign residents in Mie prefecture as of the end of 2020
    54,854 people (decrease of 354 people, -0,6% over the previous year)
  2. Percentage of foreign residents in total prefecture population
    3.05% (+0,01 over the previous year)
    * It exceeded the record of 3.04% in 2019.
  3. Number of foreign residents by nationality / region
    * It surpassed the record of 3.04% in 2019.
Ranking Country Number of foreign residents Ratio Increase/Decrease number Tỷ lệ thay đổi
1 Brazil 13.219 24,1% -81 -0,6%
2 Vietnam 9.156 16,7% 846 10,2%
3 China 7.390 13,5% -887 -10,7%
4 Philippines 7.266 13,3% -49 -0,7%
5 South Korea 4.128 7,5% -181 -4,2%
6 Peru 3.094 5,6% 41 1,3%
7 Indonesia 1.871 3,4% -6 -0,3%
8 Thailand 1.711 3,1% 18 1,1%
9 Nepal 1.476 2,7% -35 -2,3%
10 Bolivia 988 1,8% 18 1,9%
Outros 4.555 8,3% -38 -0,8%
Total 54.854 100,0% -354 -0,6%
  1. Number of foreign residents by city and town (Top 10 Municipalities)
Ranking City Number of foreign residents Ratio Increase/Decrease number Ratio of change
1 Yokkaichi 10.618 19,4% 92 0.9%
2 Tsu 9.234 16,2% -340 -3.7%
3 Suzuka 8.764 16,0% 106 1,0%
4 Iga 5.575 10,2% -140 -2,4%
5 Kuwana 4.699 8,6% 57 1,2%
6 Matsusaka 4.556 8,3% -39 -0.8%
7 Inabe 2.130 3,9% -86 -3,9%
8 Kameyama 2.031 3,7% -58 -2,8%
9 Ise 1.155 2,1% 60 5,5%
10 Nabari 1,046 1,9% -42 -3,9%
  1. Percentage of the number of foreign residents by city town Top 10 municipalities
Ranking Municipality Name Ratio of foreigners Number of foreign residents Japanese population
1 Kisosaki 8,47% 525 5.670
2 Iga 6,21% 5.575 84.196
3 Inabe 4,69% 2.130 43.263
4 Suzuka 4,40% 8.764 190.328
5 Kameyama 4,10% 2.031 47.525
6 Kawagoe 4,07% 620 14.613
7 Yokkaichi 3,41% 10.618 300.733
8 Kuwana 3,33% 4.699 136.592
9 Tsu 3,22% 8.894 267.178
10 Matsusaka 2,81% 4.556 157.442
Total 3,05% 54.854 1.745.866
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Financial assistance for required costs to attend compulsory education 2021

2021/03/04 Thursday Housing

小中学校に通うお子さんを持つ保護者の方へ　就学に必要な費用の援助について

For parents/ guardians of children attending elementary and junior high school (shogakko and chugakko)

In order to help the families going through hard financial situation to maintain their children attending compulsory education aschools (shogakko and chugakko), cities and municipalities offer an aid to cover the necessary costs.  It is necessary to make a request to receive it.  The financial assistance amount corresponds to the following items:

< Example >

  1. Cost of school supplies (inlcuded school entrance material)
  2. Cost of school meals
  3. Cost of extracurricular activities
  4. Medical expenses
  5. Expenses related to school enrollment
  6. Cost of educational trips, among others

<Documents for request >

The form to request this financial assistance is available at schools of compulsory education (shogakko,chugakko) and at the Board of Education office where you live. Application deadline, as well as entrance location differ according to each city and municipality. Families who need to request this aid should consult in advance the school their children are attending or the local Board of Education.

The request should be made anually. For those families who need to continue receiving the aid, they should make the request again in 2021.

<Target public>

To be eligible to receive this financial assistance, it is necessary to meet the conditions determined by each city or municipality. The requirements and norms vary according to each city and municipality, therefore, contact the local Body of Education to have detailed information.

As a reference, we will mention the requirements and norms set by Tsu city.

Reference (Related to Tsu city)

For school years 2020 and 2021, in addition to live in Tsu city, the following items should be met:

  1. Have suspended or discontinued the Subsistence Aid (Seikatsu Hogo)
  2. Exempted from residential tax
  3. Receiving the Child Rearing Allowance (Jido Fuyu Teate)
  4. Going through hard financial situation to enroll the child on the compulsory education and have an income below the following determined amount.

Reference: basis of income standards for aid subsidiaries

Base amount of income: Family with 2 people Family with 3 people Family with 4 people Family with 5 people
Family’s total income About ¥2 million About ¥ 2,60 million About ¥3,10 million About ¥3,30 million

*These are the criteria for the city of Tsu and may change according to the municipality. According to the number of people per family, as well as the age of each member, among other issues, the standard estimate may be different.

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