36,107 of Nepalis are living in Japan as of 2014 June. One third of them live in Tokyo.
The population rate is relatively high in Fukuoka and Tochigi. Japanese language schools in Fukuoka are recruiting Nepali students aggressively.
Among the Nepali community, it is said that "Tochigi is nice to live in." And Nepali people are gathering into Tochigi.
Figure : Rate of Nepali 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 |
| Tokyo | 12,568 | 94 |
| Fukuoka | 3,430 | 67 |
| Tochigi | 1,121 | 56 |
| Okinawa | 675 | 48 |
| Aichi | 3,001 | 40 |
| Gunma | 762 | 38 |
| Chiba | 2,330 | 38 |
| Nagasaki | 363 | 26 |
| Saga | 215 | 26 |
| Mie | 456 | 25 |
| Saitama | 1,783 | 25 |
| Kanagawa | 2,144 | 24 |
| Ibaraki | 586 | 20 |
| Oita | 221 | 19 |
| Gifu | 382 | 19 |
| Shizuoka | 652 | 18 |
| Kagawa | 159 | 16 |
| Miyagi | 372 | 16 |
| Osaka | 1,219 | 14 |
| Kyoto | 358 | 14 |
| Hyogo | 750 | 13 |
| Nagano | 226 | 11 |
| Fukushima | 202 | 10 |
| Nara | 128 | 9 |
| Kumamoto | 166 | 9 |
| Yamanashi | 73 | 9 |
| Shiga | 104 | 7 |
| Hokkaido | 393 | 7 |
| Yamaguchi | 101 | 7 |
| Okayama | 130 | 7 |
| Hiroshima | 190 | 7 |
| Ishikawa | 77 | 7 |
| Aomori | 87 | 7 |
| Niigata | 147 | 6 |
| Ehime | 87 | 6 |
| Miyazaki | 58 | 5 |
| Toyama | 51 | 5 |
| Tokushima | 34 | 4 |
| Akita | 46 | 4 |
| Kagoshima | 65 | 4 |
| Kochi | 27 | 4 |
| Wakayama | 35 | 4 |
| Yamagata | 38 | 3 |
| Fukui | 24 | 3 |
| Iwate | 36 | 3 |
| Shimane | 18 | 3 |
| Tottori | 5 | 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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