According to the statistical data released by the Japanese government until June 2022 (4th year of Reiwa), the total number of legally residing foreigners in Japan reached 2,961,969. Among them, the Chinese population accounted for 744,551, constituting 25.14%. This implies that one in every four foreigners in Japan is of Chinese origin, a significant proportion. Now, let's explore the distribution of the Chinese community across various prefectures in Japan.
| Tokyo Metropolis | 222218 |
| Saitama Prefecture | 73934 |
| Kanagawa Prefecture | 71234 |
| Osaka Prefecture | 66715 |
| Chiba Prefecture | 53492 |
| Aichi Prefecture | 44396 |
| Hyogo Prefecture | 22204 |
| Fukuoka Prefecture | 18668 |
| Kyoto Prefecture | 15654 |
| Ibaraki Prefecture | 12145 |
| Hiroshima Prefecture | 11940 |
| Shizuoka Prefecture | 10133 |
| Gifu Prefecture | 9522 |
| Hokkaido | 8980 |
| Nagano Prefecture | 8183 |
| Okayama Prefecture | 6637 |
| Mie Prefecture | 6596 |
| Gunma Prefecture | 6425 |
| Tochigi Prefecture | 6318 |
| Miyagi Prefecture | 5212 |
| Shiga Prefecture | 4806 |
| Toyama Prefecture | 4319 |
| Niigata Prefecture | 4249 |
| Yamanashi Prefecture | 3928 |
| Ishikawa Prefecture | 3690 |
| Kumamoto Prefecture | 3317 |
| Fukushima Prefecture | 3141 |
| Kagawa Prefecture | 2987 |
| Nara Prefecture | 2940 |
| Ehime Prefecture | 2710 |
| Okinawa Prefecture | 2552 |
| Oita Prefecture | 2325 |
| Yamaguchi Prefecture | 2254 |
| Fukui Prefecture | 2202 |
| Undetermined/Unknown | 1938 |
| Yamagata Prefecture | 1897 |
| Nagasaki Prefecture | 1881 |
| Kagoshima Prefecture | 1736 |
| Tokushima Prefecture | 1583 |
| Iwate Prefecture | 1553 |
| Wakayama Prefecture | 1208 |
| Shimane Prefecture | 1098 |
| Miyazaki Prefecture | 1098 |
| Saga Prefecture | 984 |
| Akita Prefecture | 960 |
| Aomori Prefecture | 919 |
| Kochi Prefecture | 892 |
| Tottori Prefecture | 778 |
| Total | 744551 |
