Filipinos in Fukushima Prefecture have a registered population of 2,752 individuals as of 2022, the 21st largest group of Filipinos in Japan by prefecture, ahead of Ehime and behind Kyoto.[1]
Major cities
The largest populations of Filipinos in Fukushima Prefecture are found in the capital city of Fukushima at the border with Miyagi, with 406 residents, and the city of Iwaki at the border with Ibaraki, with 484 Filipino residents. At third is Kōriyama, 313 Filipino residents.[1:1]
Cities of Fukushima Prefecture with sizable Filipino population. Darker color indicates higher population.[1:2][2]
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Fukushima Prefecture
Fukushima Prefecture (Japanese: 福島県, Fukushima-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. It has a population of 1,771,100 (as of 1 July 2023) and has a geographic area of 13,783.90 square kilometers. Fukushima Prefecture borders Miyagi Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture to the north, Niigata Prefecture to the west, Gunma Prefecture to the southwest, and Tochigi Prefecture and Ibaraki Prefecture to the south.[3]
Fukushima is the capital and Iwaki is the largest city of Fukushima Prefecture, with other major cities including Kōriyama, Aizuwakamatsu, and Sukagawa.[3:1]
Map of Japan with Fukushima Prefecture in red.[4]
Population by city, town and village
Filipinos can be found in all cities and towns of Fukushima Prefecture, except for the town of Kaneyama and village of Hinoemata.[1:3]
| City, town or village | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| All | 2,752 | 2,572 |
| Iwaki | 484 | 426 |
| Fukushima | 406 | 417 |
| Kōriyama | 313 | 286 |
| Shirakawa | 177 | 171 |
| Date | 128 | 123 |
| Aizuwakamatsu | 120 | 111 |
| Minamisōma | 106 | 79 |
| Nihonmatsu | 104 | 94 |
| Sukagawa | 92 | 98 |
| Kitakata | 66 | 65 |
| Nishigō Village | 61 | 66 |
| Tamura | 50 | 48 |
| Sōma | 48 | 41 |
| Iitate Village | 41 | 36 |
| Yabuki Town | 40 | 33 |
| Hirata Village | 35 | 32 |
| Furudono Town | 35 | 16 |
| Kawamata Town | 34 | 31 |
| Hanawa Town | 34 | 26 |
| Tanagura Town | 33 | 30 |
| Motomiya | 26 | 29 |
| Tomioka Town | 21 | 22 |
| Kunimi Town | 20 | 20 |
| Ishikawa Town | 20 | 20 |
| Ōkuma Town | 20 | 21 |
| Miharu Town | 17 | 12 |
| Namie Town | 17 | 17 |
| Yamatsuri Town | 14 | 13 |
| Kagamiishi Town | 13 | 12 |
| Tamakawa Village | 13 | 15 |
| Futaba Town | 13 | 13 |
| Minamiaizu Town | 12 | 8 |
| Inawashiro Town | 11 | 9 |
| Izumisaki Village | 11 | 11 |
| Naraha Town | 11 | 12 |
| Koori Town | 10 | 10 |
| Ono Town | 10 | 10 |
| Hirono Town | 10 | 9 |
| Aizumisato Town | 9 | 8 |
| Kawauchi Village | 9 | 9 |
| Asakawa Town | 8 | 9 |
| Katsurao Village | 8 | 8 |
| Ten-ei Village | 5 | 6 |
| Aizubange Town | 5 | 5 |
| Shinchi Town | 5 | 5 |
| Nishiaizu Town | 4 | 5 |
| Samegawa Village | 4 | 3 |
| Tadami Town | 3 | 6 |
| Kitashiobara Village | 3 | 4 |
| Bandai Town | 3 | 3 |
| Yugawa Village | 3 | 3 |
| Ōtama Village | 2 | 2 |
| Shimogō Town | 1 | 0 |
| Yanaizu Town | 1 | 1 |
| Mishima Town | 1 | 1 |
| Shōwa Village | 1 | 1 |
| Nakajima Village | 1 | 1 |
| Hinoemata Village | 0 | 0 |
| Kaneyama Town | 0 | 0 |
Historical population
The Filipino population of Fukushima steadily increased since the mid-2000s slump and now is in the low thousands.
Population of Filipinos in Fukushima Prefecture and Tokyo from 1964 up to present.[5][6]
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 Fukushima Prefecture 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. ↩︎
Fukushima Prefecture. Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia. Retrieved 18 December 2023. ↩︎ ↩︎
Map of Japan with Fukushima Prefecture 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 Fukushima and Tokyo. © reon (Timog.net) CC-BY-SA-3.0. ↩︎
