Filipinos in Kanagawa Prefecture have a registered population of 24,778 individuals as of 2022, the third largest group of Filipinos in Japan by prefecture, ahead of Saitama and behind Aichi and Tokyo.[1]
Major cities
The cities in Kanagawa Prefecture with the largest Filipino populations are Yokohama with 9,037 residents, Kawasaki with 5,019, Sagamihara with 2,163 and Yokosuka with 1,736.[1:1]
Cities of Kanagawa Prefecture with sizable Filipino population.[1:2][2] Darker color indicates higher population.
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Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県, Kanagawa-ken), located in the Kantō region of Honshu, is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at 3,800 inhabitants per square kilometer. Its geographic area of 2,415 km2 makes it fifth-smallest. Kanagawa Prefecture borders Tokyo to the north, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northwest and Shizuoka Prefecture to the west.[3]
Kanagawa Prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, the most populous metropolitan area in the world. The headquarters of Nissan, JVC Kenwood and Isuzu, as well as factories and developments bases of Fujitsu, NEC Corporation and Toshiba are located in the prefecture.
Yokohama is the capital and largest city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second-largest city in Japan.
Map of Japan with Kanagawa Prefecture in red.[4]
Population by city, town and village
Filipinos reside in all cities and towns and the lone village of Kiyokawa in Kanagawa Prefecture.[1:3]
| City, town or village | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| All | 24,778 | 23,278 |
| Yokohama | 9,037 | 8,428 |
| Kawasaki | 5,019 | 4,739 |
| Sagamihara | 2,163 | 2,069 |
| Yokosuka | 1,736 | 1,653 |
| Yamato | 949 | 898 |
| Hiratsuka | 862 | 809 |
| Atsugi | 824 | 769 |
| Odawara | 603 | 541 |
| Zama | 578 | 561 |
| Fujisawa | 456 | 419 |
| Aikawa Town | 420 | 387 |
| Isehara | 308 | 292 |
| Hadano | 256 | 239 |
| Ebina | 252 | 240 |
| Chigasaki | 239 | 230 |
| Ayase | 209 | 204 |
| Nakai Town | 208 | 183 |
| Samukawa Town | 130 | 127 |
| Kamakura | 98 | 94 |
| Minamiashigara | 63 | 58 |
| Zushi | 53 | 51 |
| Miura | 52 | 54 |
| Yugawara Town | 50 | 51 |
| Hakone Town | 49 | 28 |
| Ōiso Town | 36 | 34 |
| Ninomiya Town | 27 | 26 |
| Matsuda Town | 24 | 20 |
| Hayama Town | 16 | 17 |
| Ōi Town | 16 | 15 |
| Kaisei Town | 14 | 13 |
| Manazuru Town | 14 | 11 |
| Yamakita Town | 10 | 10 |
| Kiyokawa Village | 7 | 8 |
Historical population
Being part of the Greater Tokyo area, Kanagawa Prefecture shares similar patterns of rise and fall of its population of Filipino residents with Tokyo.
Population of Filipinos in Kanagawa Prefecture and Tokyo from 1964 up to present.[5][6]
People, news and events
Eighteen-year-old Filipino Danicah Tan Teodoro, who had not graduated from junior high school in the Philippines, takes evening classes at the municipal Nishi-Nakahara Junior High School in Kawasaki City. She is one of many foreigners that account for 70% of all evening students at junior high schools in Japan.[7] (June 2019)
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 Kanagawa 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. ↩︎
Kanagawa Prefecture. Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia. Retrieved 18 December 2023. ↩︎
Map of Japan with Kanagawa 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 Kanagawa and Tokyo. © reon (Timog.net) CC-BY-SA-3.0. ↩︎
Non-Japanese account for 70% of all students at night junior high. Saito Yusuke. Asahi Shimbun. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2024. ↩︎
