Kirk here with something about the foreign Kumamoto in Kumamoto. The article says that the number of foreigners living in Kumamoto (those with a zairyu [residence] card) is roughly 20,000, about twice what it was 10 years ago.
A saw this segment on TV. I thought is was quite positive and well done. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find the video online. If I do, I’ll put the URL in a comment. I’ll also put the link to the RKK article in a comment. I’m not putting it here because I’ve learned through experience that I have to trick the Facebook algorithm into thinking that I’m just sharing some of my own pictures if I want more than a handful of people to see my posts.