Filipinos in Chiba Prefecture have a registered population of 20,795 individuals as of 2022, making them the 5th largest group of Filipinos in Japan by prefecture, ahead of Shizuoka and behind Saitama.[1]
Major cities
The centers of Filipino population in Chiba Prefecture are the capital and largest city of Chiba and surrounding areas, and Matsudo and Ichikawa, both of which border the Tokyo Metropolis.[1:1]
The largest populations of Filipinos are found in Chiba City (2,951), Matsudo (1,928), Ichikawa (1,566), Funabashi (1,447) and Kashiwa (1,050).[1:2]
Cities of Chiba Prefecture with sizable Filipino population.[1:3][2] Darker color indicates higher population.
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Chiba Prefecture
Chiba Prefecture (千葉県, Chiba-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. It has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 5,157 km2. Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the northwest, and Tokyo to the west.[3]
Chiba Prefecture has a large industrial zone for electric power generation, petrochemical processing, shipbuilding, logistics and steel production industries. The Tokyo Disney Resort and Narita International Airport are also located in the prefecture.[3:1]
Map of Japan with Chiba Prefecture in red.[4]
Population by city, town and village
Filipinos are found in all of Chiba Prefecture’s cities, towns and the lone village of Chōsei.[1:4]
| City, town or village | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| All | 20,795 | 19,667 |
| Chiba | 2,951 | 2,771 |
| Matsudo | 1,928 | 1,811 |
| Ichihara | 1,916 | 1,854 |
| Ichikawa | 1,566 | 1,542 |
| Funabashi | 1,447 | 1,347 |
| Kashiwa | 1,050 | 970 |
| Narita | 984 | 885 |
| Yachiyo | 914 | 866 |
| Noda | 742 | 694 |
| Tomisato | 570 | 533 |
| Kisarazu | 560 | 496 |
| Sakura | 556 | 519 |
| Narashino | 465 | 495 |
| Urayasu | 403 | 394 |
| Yachimata | 384 | 358 |
| Chōshi | 377 | 358 |
| Nagareyama | 356 | 343 |
| Mobara | 303 | 296 |
| Kamagaya | 287 | 263 |
| Kimitsu | 232 | 221 |
| Inzai | 229 | 181 |
| Abiko | 224 | 223 |
| Yotsukaidō | 223 | 230 |
| Katori | 188 | 162 |
| Tōgane | 173 | 171 |
| Sodegaura | 170 | 173 |
| Asahi | 166 | 148 |
| Isumi | 160 | 165 |
| Tateyama | 141 | 134 |
| Sanmu | 137 | 134 |
| Shiroi | 112 | 105 |
| Kamogawa | 103 | 103 |
| Ōamishirasato | 103 | 103 |
| Futtsu | 80 | 78 |
| Minamibōsō | 71 | 70 |
| Shisui Town | 67 | 59 |
| Tōnoshō Town | 54 | 49 |
| Sakae Town | 51 | 45 |
| Yokoshibahikari Town | 50 | 51 |
| Sōsa | 45 | 43 |
| Tako Town | 36 | 25 |
| Shirako Town | 33 | 26 |
| Kujūkuri Town | 32 | 25 |
| Shibayama Town | 28 | 19 |
| Chōsei Village | 23 | 24 |
| Kyonan Town | 20 | 21 |
| Kōzaki Town | 18 | 13 |
| Ichinomiya Town | 16 | 22 |
| Ōtaki Town | 14 | 11 |
| Katsuura | 11 | 11 |
| Onjuku Town | 8 | 8 |
| Matsuzawa Town | 7 | 8 |
| Nagara Town | 7 | 7 |
| Chōnan Town | 4 | 4 |
Historical population
Chiba Prefecture is also part of the Greater Tokyo Area like Kanagawa Prefecture, with which it shares a similar pattern of rise and fall of Filipino population.
Population of Filipinos in Chiba Prefecture and Tokyo from 1984 up to present.[5][6]
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 Chiba 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. ↩︎
Chiba Prefecture. Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia. Retrieved 18 December 2023. ↩︎ ↩︎
Map of Japan with Chiba 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 Chiba and Tokyo. © reon (Timog.net) CC-BY-SA-3.0. ↩︎
