### Data Section 4. Statistics

## (1) Changes in the Number of New Arrivals and Mid to Long-Term Residents for the Principal Statuses of Residence by Nationality/Region

1-1 Changes in the number of new arrivals with the status of residence of “Business Manager” by nationality/region

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	838	820	632	984	1,352
China	194	215	173	419	701
R.O.Korea	188	179	122	165	148
United States of America	109	94	88	94	82
Taiwan	48	36	32	53	57
France	25	30	25	25	41
Pakistan	42	55	23	18	35
United Kingdom	24	29	16	26	35
Australia	18	18	18	22	28
China (Hong Kong)	2	7	7	12	26
India	14	11	8	11	16
Germany	9	8	20	20	16
Others	165	138	100	119	167

(*) In accordance with the amendment of the Act, the status of residence of "Investor/Business Manager" was revised to "Business Manager" on April 1, 2015.

1-2 Changes in the number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of “Business Manager” by nationality/region

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	11,778	12,609	13,439	15,184	18,109
China	3,974	4,423	5,057	6,394	8,690
Korea	2,872
R.O.Korea	2,939	2,917	2,910	2,928
Pakistan	627	732	759	808	904
Nepal	430	513	585	682	865
United States of America	844	687	654	648	650
Taiwan	331	460	571	636
Sri Lanka	281	326	339	391	469
India	320	307	301	300	320
United Kingdom	292	244	226	223	238
France	248	229	223	222	236
Others	1,890	1,878	1,918	2,035	2,173

(*1) The numbers are based on the statistics as at the end of December each year (Hereinafter the same applies to the tables relating to the number of mid to long-term residents.).

$ ^{*2} $ The numbers in 2011 represent the number of alien registrations, and the numbers from 2012 onwards represent the number of mid to long-term residents (Hereinafter the same applies to the tables relating to the number of mid to long-term residents.).

(*3) “China” in 2011 includes Taiwan, and “China” from 2012 onwards excludes those who were issued the residence cards and special permanent resident certificates and had already been included in “Taiwan” in nationality/region section (Hereinafter the same applies to the tables relating to the number of mid to long-term residents.).

(*4) Up until the end of 2011, R.O.Korea and Korea used to be calculated jointly as “Korea”, but from the end of 2012, they are calculated separately as “R.O.Korea” and “Korea”, for the purpose of the statistics (the same applies below for the numbers of mid to long-term residents.).

2-1 Changes in the number of new arrivals with the status of residence of “Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services” by nationality/region (People)

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	8,836	10,209	10,741	14,270	17,690
China	2,103	2,636	2,759	3,759	4,524
Viet Nam	500	918	835	1,314	2,212
R.O.Korea	951	1,006	990	1,231	1,780
India	733	953	1,111	1,655	1,525
United States of America	1,230	1,152	1,240	1,346	1,382
Philippines	445	423	445	778	939
Taiwan	314	348	559	768
United Kingdom	418	354	435	503	511
Sri Lanka	99	105	103	149	352
France	177	185	209	243	299
Others	2,180	2,163	2,266	2,733	3,398

(*1) In accordance with the amendment of the Act, the status of residence was revised to "Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services" on April 1, 2015.

(*2) For the years from 2011 to 2014, the number for each year is the number combining "Engineer" and "Specialist in Humanities/International Services".