Population of Chinese People in Japan, 2019
As of 2019 June 786,241 Chinese people are living in Japan. The following data shows the rate of Chinese population by prefecture. Tokyo has the highest rate. One in a hundred is a Chinese in Tokyo.
Figure : Rate of Chinese population by prefecture (per 1,000 residents)
The population rate is high in the red prefecture, low in blue prefectures.
Table: Population of Chinese People in Japan by Prefecture, 2019
| Prefecture | Chinese Population | Per 1000 residents |
| Tokyo | 226,319 | 16.4 |
| Saitama | 73,288 | 10.0 |
| Chiba | 54,486 | 8.7 |
| Kanagawa | 72,896 | 7.9 |
| Osaka | 65,394 | 7.4 |
| Aichi | 50,049 | 6.6 |
| Kyoto | 15,679 | 6.1 |
| Gifu | 11,833 | 5.9 |
| Hiroshima | 14,480 | 5.1 |
| Toyama | 5,134 | 4.9 |
| Nagano | 9,756 | 4.7 |
| Ibaraki | 13,183 | 4.6 |
| Mie | 8,168 | 4.6 |
| Yamanashi | 3,713 | 4.5 |
| Hyogo | 23,983 | 4.4 |
| Kagawa | 3,999 | 4.2 |
| Okayama | 7,883 | 4.2 |
| Ishikawa | 4,636 | 4.1 |
| Fukuoka | 20,511 | 4.0 |
| Shiga | 5,541 | 3.9 |
| Fukui | 3,037 | 3.9 |
| Gumma | 7,627 | 3.9 |
| Tochigi | 6,875 | 3.5 |
| Shizuoka | 12,000 | 3.3 |
| Ehime | 3,942 | 2.9 |
| Tokushima | 1,968 | 2.7 |
| Miyagi | 5,871 | 2.5 |
| Oita | 2,824 | 2.5 |
| Nara | 3,148 | 2.4 |
| Niigata | 5,107 | 2.3 |
| Kumamoto | 3,814 | 2.2 |
| Yamaguchi | 2,956 | 2.2 |
| Yamagata | 2,263 | 2.1 |
| Shimane | 1,372 | 2.0 |
| Fukushima | 3,701 | 2.0 |
| Hokkaido | 10,460 | 2.0 |
| Okinawa | 2,741 | 1.9 |
| Nagasaki | 2,476 | 1.8 |
| Saga | 1,377 | 1.7 |
| Tottori | 929 | 1.7 |
| Iwate | 1,997 | 1.6 |
| Kochi | 1,133 | 1.6 |
| Wakayama | 1,374 | 1.5 |
| Kagoshima | 2,252 | 1.4 |
| Miyazaki | 1,460 | 1.4 |
| Akita | 1,134 | 1.2 |
| Aomori | 1,347 | 1.1 |
| Unknown | 125 | - |
| Total | 786,241 | 6.2 |
Source is Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. 在留外国人統計（旧登録外国人統計）
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