Foreign Workers in Japan: What the 2026 MHLW Data Shows
MHLW employer notifications covered 2.57 million foreign workers in October 2025. Learn what its 2026 employment releases do—and do not—show.





MHLW employer notifications covered 2.57 million foreign workers in October 2025. Learn what its 2026 employment releases do—and do not—show.
What official data and traceable resident accounts show about changes in tourism, foreign communities, work, payments, and support in Japan from 2015 to 2025.
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Set up multilingual Japan disaster alerts as a foreign resident: use Safety tips and JMA, find municipal channels and maps, and keep an offline fallback.