The Non-Japanese Residente Population in Mie rises to 41,625
Results of the Non-Japanese Resident Census (Data accurate as of 31 December 2015)
Each year, the Mie Prefectural Government works with municipalities in the prefecture to conduct a census of the non-Japanese resident population in Mie. The results of the census can be found below. For more information, please visit the Mie Prefectural Government Multicultural Affairs Division homepage: http://www.pref.mie.lg.jp/TABUNKA/HP/
Data on the non-Japanese resident population collected during and prior to 2011 were based on information obtained through the alien registration system (abolished and replaced by the resident system in 2012).
The results of the census
(1) As of the end of the 2015 calendar year, the number of non-Japanese residents in Mie was
41,625 people (increase of 374 people or 0.9%).
※ Compared to 2005 ( 47,551) the non-Japanese resident population of Mie is currently 0,88 larger and 3,99 larger than it was in 1989 (10.441).
(2) The non-Japanese resident community now
represents 2.25% of the overall prefectural citizen and resident population in 2014 was 2,22%, an increase of 0.03%)
※For reference: according to the 2014 census, the non-Japanese resident community represented 2,35％ of Mie’s overall population, making Mie the prefecture with the 3rd largest non-Japanese resident to overall population ratio nationwide according to the Ministry of Justice’s statistics on non-Japanese residents.
(3) The most represented nationality in Mie’s non-Japanese resident community:
In this census, foreigners are from 106 countries (in 2014 they were from 103 countries)
- Brazil 11,133 people – a rise of 3,2% since the last census
- China 8,126 people – a rise of 5,9% since the last census
- Philippines 6,000 people – a rise of 1,9% since the last census
(4) The city with the largest non-Japanese resident community:
- Yokkaichi 7,876 people and 2,52% of the overall population
- Tsu 7,403 people and 2,62% of the overall population
- Suzuka 7,011 people and 3,50 % of the overall population
The municipalities with the largest non-Japanese resident to overall population ratio:
- Iga 4,42%
- Kisosaki 4,29%
- Suzuka 3,50%
Ranking of the 10 largest nationalities:
| Ranking | Nationality | Non-japanese resident population | Percentage of overall population | Net
change |
Percentage change |
| 1 | Brazil | 11,133 | 26.7% | -3,72 | -3,2% |
| 2 | China | 8,216 | 19,7% | -515 | -5,9% |
| 3 | Philippines | 6,000 | 14.4% | 110 | 1.9% |
| 4 | North ans South Korea | 4,954 | 11.9% | -149 | -2.9% |
| 5 | Peru | 2,976 | 7.1% | 36 | 1.2% |
| 6 | Vietnam | 2,509 | 6.0% | 727 | 40.8% |
| 7 | Thailand | 1,171 | 2.8% | 102 | 9.5% |
| 8 | Indonesia | 984 | 2.4% | 97 | 10.9% |
| 9 | Bolivia | 880 | 2.1% | 37 | 4.4% |
| 10 | Nepal | 540 | 1.3% | 69 | 14.6% |
| Other | 2,262 | 5.4% | 232 | 11.4% | |
| Total | 41,625 | 100.0% | 374 | 0.9% | |
- Residents from Taiwan are included under “China”.
- The figures regarding comparative proportion were rounded up, therefore the overall will not be of 100%
Below are the municipalities with the highest populations of individuals from the five countries most represented in the non-Japanese resident community.
Figures in brackets indicate the percentage of Mie’s non-Japanese residents of that nationality residing in the municipality.
| Nationality | Municipality with largest population | Municipality with 2nd largest | Municipality with 3rdlargest population |
| Brazilian
11,133 |
Suzuka 2,527 (22.7%) |
Yokkaichi 2,037
(18.3%) |
Tsu 1,917 (17.2%) |
| Chinese
8,216 |
Tsu 1,706 (20.8%) |
Yokkaichi 1,481
(18.0%) |
Suzuka 922 (11.2%) |
| Filipino
6,000 |
Matsusaka 2,326 (38.8%) |
Tsu 1,187
(19.8%) |
Yokkaichi 707 (11.8%) |
| North ans South Korea
4,954 |
Yokkaichi 1,758 (35.5%) |
Kuwana 709
(14.3%) |
Suzuka 591 (11.9%) |
| Peruvian
2,976 |
Suzuka 1,195 (40.2%) |
Iga 441
(14.8%) |
Yokkaichi 433 (14.5%) |
The municipalities with the 10 largest non-Japanese resident populations are listed below.
The 10 first covers 91,4 % of the non-Japanese residents in Mie Prefecture live in these municipalities.
| Ranking | City | Non-japanese resident population | Percentage of overall population | Net change
change |
Percentage change |
| 1. | Yokkaichi | 7,876 | 18.9% | 186 | 2.4% |
| 2 | Tsu | 7,403 | 17.8% | 139 | 1.9% |
| 3 | Suzuka | 7,011 | 16.8% | 49 | 0.7% |
| 4 | Iga | 4,184 | 10.1% | 4 | 0.1% |
| 5 | Matsusaka | 3,840 | 9.2% | -124 | -3.1% |
| 6 | Kuwana | 3,049 | 7.3% | 115 | 3.9% |
| 7 | Kameyama | 1,617 | 4.0% | -64 | -3.7% |
| 8 | Inabe | 1,419 | 3.4% | 31 | 2.2% |
| 9 | Ise | 836 | 2.0% | -50 | -5,6% |
| 10 | Komono | 779 | 1.9% | -22 | -2.7% |
