### a. “Engineer”, “Specialist in Humanities/International Services”, “Intra-company Transferee” (Data Section 2, Statistics (1) 2-1, 3-1, 4-1)

The total number of foreign nationals newly entering Japan with a status of residence corresponding to foreign employees working for an organization in Japan was 16,986 in 2013, consisting of three types of statuses of residence: 5,387 with the status of residence of “Engineer”, 5,354 with the status of residence of “Specialist in Humanities/International Services”, and 6,245 with the status of residence of “Intra-company Transferee”. The number of foreign employees with the status of residence of “Engineer” had increased by 171 (3.3%), those with the status of residence of “Specialist in Humanities/International Services” had increased by 361 (7.2%), and those with the status of residence of “Intra-company Transferee” had increased by 119 (1.9%) from 2012, respectively.

According to the statistics on the status of residence of “Engineer” by nationality/region, the largest number of newly entering foreign nationals with the status of residence of “Engineer” came from China (1,819, accounting for 33.8%), followed by India (996, accounting for 18.5%), Viet Nam (701, accounting for 13.0%), and R.O. Korea (407, accounting for 7.6%). The number of newly entering foreign nationals from those four countries accounted for 72.8% of the total number of newly entering foreign nationals with the status of residence of “Engineer”. In addition, owing to the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in 2008 and the impact of the global recession in 2009, the number of foreign nationals newly entering Japan with the status of residence of “Engineer” temporarily decreased, but started to increase again in 2011, and in 2013 the number had increased by 171 (3.3%) compared to 2012.

The statistics for foreign nationals with the status of residence of “Specialist in Humanities/International Services”, by nationality/region show that the largest number came from the U.S. (1,092, accounting for 20.4%), followed by China (940, accounting for 17.6%), R.O. Korea (583, accounting for 10.9%) and the U.K. (377, accounting for 7.0%). These top four countries accounted for 55.9% of the total number of newly entering foreign nationals with this status of residence.

With regard to newly entering foreign nationals with the status of residence of “Intra-company Transferee”, statistics by nationality/region show that the largest number came from China (2,085, accounting for 33.4%), followed by the Philippines (670, accounting for 10.7%), India (565, accounting for 9.0%) and R.O. Korea (470, accounting for 7.5%), and these top four countries accounted for 60.7% of the total number of newly entering foreign nationals with the status of residence of “Intra-company Transferee”.

### b. “Skilled Labor” (Data Section 2, Statistics (1) 6-1)

The number of foreign nationals newly entering Japan with the status of residence of “Skilled Labor”, who may also be referred to as skilled craftsmen in unique foreign fields, has been fluctuating since 2009, and the number in 2013 was 2,030, a decrease of 2,880 (58.7%) when compared to 2012.

According to statistics by nationality/region, the largest number of newly entering foreign nationals with the status of residence of “Skilled Labor” came from Nepal (832, accounting for 41.0%), followed by China (427, accounting for 21.0%), India (188, accounting for 9.3%) and Thailand (129, accounting for 6.4%) in 2013. This was due in part to the fact that most of the foreign nationals with this status of residence were chefs of foreign cuisine, and these top four countries accounted for 77.6% of the total number of newly entering foreign nationals with the status of residence of “Skilled Labor”.