Number of Japanese expats in China decreases
August 25, 2014 Category Expat corner, Weekly
The number of Japanese people living in China for more than three months or permanently residing declined by 10.2% year-on-year from October 2012 to October 2013 to 135,000, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry. In the same year-long period, the overall number of Japanese living overseas increased by 0.7% to a record high of 1.258 million. China is second on the list of countries with the largest numbers of Japanese expatriates. Heightening tension between China and Japan had raised concern among Japanese firms, financial institutions and students in China, who all fear that political uncertainties will bring a deteriorating working and living environment for Japanese people. Japanese businesses are likely to shift their production focus from China to countries in Southeast Asia. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida, held talks in Myanmar’s capital on August 9, the first meeting of its kind in two years.
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