At the end of 2013, the number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of “Engineer”, “Specialist in Humanities/ International Services” or “Intra-company Transferee” corresponding to foreign employees working in a regular company was 43,038 for “Engineer”, 72,319 for “Specialist in Humanities/ International Services” and 15,218 for “Intra-company Transferee”, and compared to the end of 2012, the respective numbers have been increasing: 765 (1.8%), 2,598 (3.7%) and 351 (2.4%).

At the end of 2013, the number of mid to long-term residents with such statuses of residence as “Engineer”, “Specialist in Humanities/International Services” and “Intra-company Transferee” as a percentage of the total number of mid to long-term residents for the purpose of employment in professional or technical fields was 21.0%, 35.3%, and 7.4%, respectively.

## (3) “Student” (Data Section 2, Statistics (1) 9-2)

At the end of 2013, the number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of “Student” was 193,073, an increase of 12,154 (6.7%) compared to the end of 2012, which was 9.3% of the total number of mid to long-term residents. According to the statistics by nationality/region, the number from China was 107,435, which accounted for 55.6% of the total number, followed by Viet Nam at 21,231, accounting for 11.0%.

## (4) “Technical Intern Training (i) and (ii)” (*) (Data Section 2, Statistics (1) 7-2, 8-2)

The number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of “Technical Intern Training (i)” at the end of 2013 was 61,680, a decrease of 1,601 (2.5%) compared to the end of 2012. According to statistics by nationality/region, the number of those from China was 40,571, accounting for 65.8% of the total, followed by Viet Nam (9,857, accounting for 16.0%), the Philippines (4,193, accounting for 6.8%), and Indonesia (3,885, accounting for 6.3%).

The number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of “Technical Intern Training (ii)” as of the end of 2013 was 93,526, an increase of 5,330 (6.0%) compared to the end of 2012. According to statistics by nationality/region, the number of those from China was 66,603, accounting for 71.2% of the total, followed by Viet Nam (11,775, accounting for 12.6%), Indonesia (6,179, accounting for 6.6%), and the Philippines (5,884, accounting for 6.3%).

## (5) “Trainee” (Data Section 2, Statistics (1) 10-2)

At the end of 2013, the number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of “Trainee” was 1,501, a decrease of 303 (16.8%) compared to the end of 2012. According to the statistics by nationality/region, the largest number came from China at 336 (22.4%), followed by Thailand at 218 (14.5%) and Viet Nam at 196 (13.1%).

## (6) “Designated Activities” (Data Section 2, Statistics (1) 11-2)

The number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of “Designated Activities” at the end of 2013 was 22,673, an increase of 2,514 (12.5%) compared to the end of 2012. According to statistics by nationality/region, the number of those from Korea was 4,670, accounting for 20.6% of the total, followed by China (4,033, accounting for 17.8%), the Philippines (1,847, accounting for 8.1%), and Taiwan (1,743, accounting for 7.7%).