Since 2006, the beginning of the series under analysis, the number of Portuguese entries has remained close to a hundred. Unlike in other countries of destination of Portuguese emigration, where the number of entries registered a decrease in the years of 2009 and 2010, the number of Portuguese entries to Japan remained stable in those years, decreasing by 27% in 2011. Between 2012 and 2014, 133 Portuguese, on avarage, entered Japan, 2013 being the year they registered the highest number of entries (138). In 2015, there was an increase of 80% in the number of Portuguese entries in this country, surpassing, for the first time in the series under analysis, the barrier of 200 entries per year (238). The growth trend of Portuguese emigration to Japan continued in 2016, albeit with less intensity. Despite this growth, Portuguese emigration to Japan remains very low both in absolute terms, in the hundreds, and in relative terms.

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Cite as Veiga, Carlota Moura (2018), “Emigration to Japan increased for the second consecutive year”, Observatório da Emigração. http://observatorioemigracao.pt/np4EN/6196.html