Nepalis in Japan

Japan is a popular destination for Nepalese immigrants, as they could earn five times more than the average wage in Nepal, even in low-skilled manual jobs in the service sector. == Demographics ==

The largest concentration of Nepalis in Japan is in Tokyo, especially in the Shinjuku special ward, home to 3,838 Nepali citizens, or 1.1% of the ward's population in 2024. As of 2019, Tokyo had a Nepali population of 27,598. Other wards and neighborhoods with a large Nepali population include Nishi-Kasai, known as Tokyo's Little India with a large population of Indian and Nepali citizens. The prefectures with the most Nepali citizens in Japan as of 2019 are Tokyo with 27,598 Nepalis, Aichi with 9,093, Chiba with 6,801, Kanagawa with 6,425, Fukuoka with 6,379, Saitama with 6,282, Osaka with 3,053, Gunma with 2,978, Tochigi with 2,350, and Okinawa with 2,139; Tokyo, Gunma, Okinawa, Fukuoka, and Tochigi are the prefectures with the highest concentrations of Nepalis. Nepalis are the largest group of foreign workers in Okinawa, making up 24.6% of foreign workers employed in the prefecture. == Crime ==

In 2023, 243 Nepali residents were arrested for crime (excluding visa violations) and 231 Nepali visitors were arrested. Nepalis were 1.56% of arrests of foreign residents and 2.31% of foreign visitors. In 2025, 4 men, Indian and Nepalese nationals, robbed the president of a dispatch worker staffing company that one of them were working for, using spices to blind the man in his eyes. Also in 2025, two Nepalese men, father and son, pretended to be Shohei Ohtani, and defrauded an elderly woman in her 80s of a significant amount of money. Also in 2025, a Nepalese man was sentenced in court for sexual assault in a bus in Fukuoka City. ==See also==