177,953 of Brazilian people live in Japan as of 2014 June. The population rate is high in Tokai area (Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie, Gifu) and Gunma. Many Brazilian people work in automotive factories in those prefectures.
Figure : Rate of Brazilian population by prefecture (per 100,000 residents)
The population rate is high in the red prefecture, low in blue prefectures.
| Prefecture | Population | Rate per 100,000 residents |
| Shizuoka | 27,126 | 729 |
| Mie | 12,689 | 692 |
| Aichi | 48,220 | 648 |
| Gunma | 11,879 | 599 |
| Shiga | 7,813 | 552 |
| Gifu | 10,228 | 499 |
| Yamanashi | 2,676 | 316 |
| Fukui | 2,334 | 294 |
| Nagano | 5,397 | 254 |
| Tochigi | 4,557 | 229 |
| Shimane | 1,479 | 211 |
| Ibaraki | 6,048 | 206 |
| Toyama | 2,133 | 198 |
| Saitama | 7,653 | 106 |
| Kanagawa | 8,550 | 94 |
| Hiroshima | 2,396 | 84 |
| Ishikawa | 845 | 73 |
| Chiba | 3,536 | 57 |
| Okayama | 871 | 45 |
| Hyogo | 2,429 | 44 |
| Nara | 468 | 34 |
| Osaka | 2,573 | 29 |
| Kagawa | 270 | 27 |
| Tokyo | 3,241 | 24 |
| Okinawa | 263 | 19 |
| Kyoto | 355 | 14 |
| Niigata | 302 | 13 |
| Ehime | 172 | 12 |
| Fukushima | 198 | 10 |
| Wakayama | 82 | 8 |
| Yamagata | 77 | 7 |
| Miyagi | 154 | 7 |
| Yamaguchi | 92 | 6 |
| Fukuoka | 293 | 6 |
| Tokushima | 43 | 6 |
| Oita | 50 | 4 |
| Iwate | 44 | 3 |
| Kumamoto | 57 | 3 |
| Tottori | 17 | 3 |
| Kochi | 20 | 3 |
| Miyazaki | 28 | 3 |
| Hokkaido | 131 | 2 |
| Aomori | 23 | 2 |
| Kagoshima | 28 | 2 |
| Nagasaki | 23 | 2 |
| Saga | 12 | 1 |
| Akita | 9 | 1 |
Source is Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. 在留外国人統計
www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/List.do?lid=000001127507
www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/Xlsdl.do?sinfid=000027237251
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