According to local newspaper Asahi, Vietnam accounted for the largest number of
foreign workers with 443,998, while China followed with 419,431 and the
Philippines with 184,750.
The paper said, as of the end of October last year, a record number of 1,724,328
foreign nationals worked in Japan, an increase of about 65,000 from the same
period a year earlier, in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic.
There were 402,355 foreign technical intern trainees in the country last year,
an increase of 4.8 percent annually.
Source: VNA