Japanese citizens with a stay of longer than three months
Supplementary notes
Data prior to 2020 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 Shanghai 2015-2024
As of October 2024, approximately * Japanese residents lived in Shanghai. The Japanese population in the city has been on a downward trend from around * residents ten years earlier. Despite the decline, Shanghai remains one of the cities with the highest number of Japanese residents outside Japan. Similarly, China was one of the countries with the highest number of Japanese residents.Ìý
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