[Big read] Can China’s new migrants find a home in Takaichi’s Japan?

Official data show that as of last year, the total number of foreign residents in Japan had reached 3.95 million, with Chinese nationals surpassing 900,000 for the first time. According to the book The Era of One Million Overseas Chinese in Japan (ニッポン華僑100万人時代) written by Nikkei journalists, ethnic Chinese residents are registered in 1,603 out of Japan’s 1,741 municipalities. Nearly all 23 wards of Tokyo are home to ethnic Chinese communities, with Toshima and Shinjuku serving as major hubs, hosting some 240,000 ethnic Chinese residents.