Filipinos in Akita Prefecture have a registered population of 862 individuals in 2022, the 42nd largest group of Filipinos in Japan by prefecture, ahead of Tokushima and behind Aomori.[1]
Major cities
The Filipino population in Akita Prefecture is concentrated in the cities of Akita, the capital, with 229 residents, and Yokote with 138 residents.[1:1]
Cities of Akita Prefecture with sizable Filipino population.[1:2][2] Darker color indicates higher population.
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Akita Prefecture
Akita Prefecture (秋田県, Akita-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Its population is estimated 915,691 (as of 1 August 2023) and its geographic area is 11,637 km2. Akita Prefecture is bordered by Aomori Prefecture to the north, Iwate Prefecture to the east, Miyagi Prefecture to the southeast, and Yamagata Prefecture to the south.[3]
Akita is the capital and largest city of Akita Prefecture. Other major cities include Yokote, Daisen, and Yurihonjō.[3:1]
Map of Japan with Akita Prefecture in red.[4]
Population by city, town and village
Except for the town of Ikawa and village of Ōgata, Filipinos can be found throughout the Akita Prefecture.[1:3]
| City, town or village | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| All | 862 | 792 |
| Akita | 229 | 210 |
| Yokote | 138 | 128 |
| Ōdate | 72 | 65 |
| Kitaakita | 71 | 65 |
| Noshiro | 61 | 58 |
| Yuzawa | 38 | 27 |
| Mitane Town | 38 | 33 |
| Daizen | 35 | 36 |
| Kazuno | 33 | 28 |
| Yurihonjō | 24 | 27 |
| Ugo Town | 21 | 21 |
| Kamikoani Village | 18 | 19 |
| Misato Town | 17 | 15 |
| Katagami | 15 | 10 |
| Oga | 11 | 10 |
| Semboku | 10 | 11 |
| Happō Town | 8 | 8 |
| Fujisato Town | 7 | 9 |
| Higashinaruse Town | 5 | 5 |
| Nikaho | 4 | 3 |
| Kosaka Town | 3 | 0 |
| Gojōme Town | 3 | 3 |
| Hachirōgata Town | 1 | 1 |
| Ikawa Town | 0 | 0 |
| Ōgata Village | 0 | 0 |
Historical population
Akita Prefecture’s population of Filipinos, like next-door Aomori’s, has never has gone above 1,000 during the last 40 years.
Population of Filipinos in Akita Prefecture and Tokyo from 1984 up to present.[5][6]
People, news and events
Asahi Shimbun has a mini-profile of Louella Shoji, a Bacolod native and resident of Masuda Town who teaches English part-time, and Matilde Nagase, resident of Okura Village who met her husband through omiai, a meeting of single Japanese men looking for prospective wives arranged by the local municipalities. (24 September 2001)[7]
References
第３表 市区町村別 国籍・地域別 在留外国人 (Table 3: Foreign Residents by City, Ward, Town, Village and by Nationality/Region. 3 December 2022) (XLSX). e-Stat政府統計の総合窓口. Immigration Services Agency of Japan (7 July 2023). Retrieved 13 December 2023. ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Cities of Akita with sizable Filipino population. © reon (Timog.net) CC-BY-SA-3.0. Original graphic © lincun (Wikipedia Commons) CC-BY-SA-3.0. Data used: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan. ↩︎
Akita Prefecture. Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia. Retrieved 18 December 2023. ↩︎ ↩︎
Map of Japan with Akita in red. © lincun (Wikipedia Commons) CC-BY-SA-3.0. Data used: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan. ↩︎
都道府県別 国籍（出身地）別 外国人登録者 (Registered Foreigners by Prefecture and Nationality (Place of Birth) 1984 to 2023) e-Stat政府統計の総合窓口. Immigration Services Agency of Japan. Retrieved 18 December 2023. No available data for the years 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991 and 1993. ↩︎
Population of Filipinos in Akita and Tokyo. © reon (Timog.net) CC-BY-SA-3.0. ↩︎
Filipinas at home in rural Japan. Lugo Leotes Marie T. Asahi Shimbun. 24 September 2001. Retrieved 2 February 2024. ↩︎
