In 2023, approximately ***** thousand foreigners in Japan were arrested for criminal offenses or violations of law. The highest number of annually arrested foreigners within the past decade was reached in 2020 with close to **** thousand arrests.

In 2023, **** percent of foreigners who were arrested in Japan for criminal offenses or law violations were **********. That year, Chinese nationals accounted for the ************** share of arrests, at approximately **** percent.

According to a survey conducted from June to August 2019, a majority of almost 62 percent of respondents in Japan thought that an increasing number of foreigners living in the country would lead to a reduction of labor shortages. At the same time, almost 54 percent expected an increase in crime.

Number, percentage and rate (per 100,000 population) of homicide victims, by racialized identity group (total, by racialized identity group; racialized identity group; South Asian; Chinese; Black; Filipino; Arab; Latin American; Southeast Asian; West Asian; Korean; Japanese; other racialized identity group; multiple racialized identity; racialized identity, but racialized identity group is unknown; rest of the population; unknown racialized identity group), gender (all genders; male; female; gender unknown) and region (Canada; Atlantic region; Quebec; Ontario; Prairies region; British Columbia; territories), 2019 to 2024.