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Education Ministry Survey Shows 160,000 Foreign Children Lived in Japan as of FY 2024

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

16:44 JST, October 3, 2025

More than 160,000 children of elementary and middle school age with foreign citizenship lived in Japan as of May 2024, according to an education ministry survey, marking the largest number since the survey began in fiscal 2019.

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