Japan's Overseas Remittances Top ¥1 Trillion in FY2025 as Foreign Workforce Reaches 2.57 Million
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Updated · The Japan Times · Jul 13
Japan's Overseas Remittances Top ¥1 Trillion in FY2025 as Foreign Workforce Reaches 2.57 Million
3 articles · Updated · The Japan Times · Jul 13
Summary
¥1.004 trillion flowed out of Japan in overseas remittances in fiscal 2025, up 11.5% from a year earlier and more than double fiscal 2015's ¥464.8 billion.
2.57 million foreign workers were in Japan as of October—up 11.7%—and the weak yen also inflated the yen amount needed to send fixed sums home.
Vietnam received ¥288.8 billion, far ahead of Indonesia's ¥89.8 billion and the Philippines' ¥67.2 billion; a 2024 survey found about 95% of Asian foreign workers in Japan send money to support family.
5.86 million is the government's 2040 foreign-population forecast, but the weak yen is also eroding Japan's appeal: the share of foreign nationals wanting to stay five years or more fell to 63.3% from 81.7%, with the sharpest drop among Vietnamese.