At the end of 2014, 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 45,892 for “Engineer”, 76,902 for “Specialist in Humanities/International Services” and 15,378 for “Intra-company Transferee”, and compared to the end of 2013, the respective numbers have been increasing: 2,854 (6.6%), 4,583 (6.3%) and 160 (1.1%).

At the end of 2014, 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 21.4%, 35.9%, and 7.2%, respectively.

## (3) "Technical Intern Training (i) and (ii)" (*) (Data Section 5, Statistics (1) 7-2, 8)

The number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of “Technical Intern Training (i)” at the end of 2014 was 77,516, an increase of 15,836 (25.7%) compared to the end of 2013. According to the statistics by nationality/region, the number of those from China was 40,974, accounting for 52.9% of the total, followed by Viet Nam (19,434, accounting for 25.1%), the Philippines (6,413, accounting for 8.3%), and Indonesia (5,631, accounting for 7.3%).

The number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of “Technical Intern Training (ii)” as of the end of 2014 was 90,110, a decrease of 3,416 (3.7%) compared to the end of 2013. According to the statistics by nationality/region, the number of those from China was 59,119, accounting for 65.6% of the total, followed by Viet Nam (14,605, accounting for 16.2%), Indonesia (6,591, accounting for 7.3%), and the Philippines (6,308 accounting for 7.0%).

## (4) “Student” (Data Section 5, Statistics (1) 9-2)

At the end of 2014, the number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of “Student” was 214,525, an increase of 21,452 (11.1%) compared to the end of 2013, which was 10.1% of the total number of foreign nationals residing in Japan. According to the statistics by nationality/region, the number from China was 105,557, which accounted for 49.2% of the total number, followed by Viet Nam at 32,804, accounting for 15.3%.

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

At the end of 2014, the number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of “Trainee” was 1,427, a decrease of 74 (4.9%) compared to the end of 2013. According to the statistics by nationality/region, the largest number came from China at 253 (17.7%), followed by Thailand at 232 (16.3%) and Viet Nam at 217 (15.2%).

## (6) “Designated Activities” (Data Section 5, Statistics (1) 11-2)

The number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of “Designated Activities” at the end of 2014 was 28,001, an increase of 5,328 (23.5%) compared to the end of 2013. According to the statistics by nationality/region, the number of those from China was 6,624, accounting for 23.7% of the total, followed by Korea (3,256, accounting for 11.6%), the Philippines (1,956, accounting for 7.0%), and Nepal (1,947, accounting for 7.0%).