Ernest Schaal wrote:

> There was an article in the Japan Times (DPJ's Korean for Asia unity, ethnic
> pride) that had the factoid that 713,755 permanent residents in Japan, the
> majority of which are "Koreans." I was surprised how small that number is,
> considering the large number of Chinese, Koreans, and Indians I have met
> here. 

Those figures shouldn't be too surprising though. The vast majority of 
"foreign born foreigners" have arrived during the last 10-15 years. When 
  I first came to Okazaki (1992) there were about 4600 foreigners, about 
2100 of them Korean. When I came back down here it was around 7000. 
Looking at last year's yearbook there are at least 10,800 registered 
foreign residents, 2248 of them Korean. Some of the growth has been from 
people (like me) moving here from elsewhere in Japan, a lot of them 
though are FOTB. The number of foreign residents who actually have 
permanent residency must be declining in percentage terms year in year out.

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