Japanese citizens with a stay of longer than three months
Supplementary notes
Data is only for the metropolitan area. Data prior to 2021 comes from previous reporting.
Figures are based on the information gathered by Japanese diplomatic government offices abroad and do not include descendants of Japanese emigrants (nikkeijin) who do not hold Japanese citizenship. People with multiple citizenships are counted.
Figures have been rounded.
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Number of Japanese residents in Los Angeles 2016-2025
As of October 2025, approximately * Japanese residents lived in Los Angeles. The figure increased compared to the previous year after several consecutive years of decline. Los Angeles had the largest Japanese population of any city outside Japan. In the same year, the United States was by far the country with the highest number of Japanese residents.
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MOFA (Japan). (February 20, 2026). Number of Japanese residents living in Los Angeles from 2016 to 2025 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 01, 2026, from /statistics/1084227/japan-number-japanese-residents-los-angeles/
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