Kumanichi notes that Kumamoto leads the country in the rate increase of non-Japanese workers at 31%, an increase of 2,412 with the total number exceeding 10,000 for the first time. Of these, the majority (6,295) work in technical fields, with the remainder in agriculture and part-time employment by university students.
The absolute increase was led by Vietnamese at 50% to 4,260, followed by Chinese and Filipinos; in terms of rate, Indonesians led with a 92% increase to 268 and Nepalese by 50% to 301. - William
