Japan Immigration Statistics

Data through April 2026 · updated July 2026

Japan publishes remarkably detailed immigration statistics — but as Japanese-language Excel files scattered across e-Stat, with formats that change by era. We compile them into clean, English-language datasets and keep them updated as the Immigration Services Agency publishes new tables: annual figures back to 2007, and monthly data where available.

Every page includes an interactive chart, the full data table, a downloadable CSV, and methodology notes. The data is free to reuse — a link back to the page is all we ask.

What the numbers say right now

• Routine stay is easy; settlement is scrutinized. Extensions are approved at ~98% and status changes at ~95% — but permanent residence fell to a record-low 50.8% approval in early 2026.
• Volumes are at all-time highs across the board. Record extensions (1.28M), status changes (531k), COE applications (712k), and PR applications (76k) — the system is processing more foreigners than at any point in its history, and queues show it.
• Enforcement is far below its 2000s peak: deportation orders fell from 28,225 (2007) to 7,618 (2024) — dataset page coming soon.

Methodology & sources

All series are compiled from the Immigration Services Agency's 出入国管理統計 (Immigration Control Statistics) and related official publications on e-Stat: annual tables 2007–2024 and monthly tables through April 2026 where published. Figures for the current year are our aggregation of monthly reports, marked preliminary until the ISA's annual table appears (typically late summer of the following year). Every processed total reconciles internally (approvals + denials + withdrawals). Corrections: support@oak-admin.jp.