在留外国人、過去最大４．４％減　昨年末、コロナ影響で２７６万人―入管庁

　出入国在留管理庁は２９日、２０２１年末時点で日本に在留する外国人数が前年比４．４％減の２７６万６３５人となり、２年連続で減少したと発表した。新型コロナウイルス感染拡大に伴う水際対策の強化が響き、１９５０年に集計開始して以降、最大の落ち込み幅となった。
　国・地域別では、中国（７１万６６０６人）、ベトナム（４３万２９３４人）、韓国（４０万９８５５人）の順。いずれも前年より減少した。（2022/03/29-20:16）

The number of foreign nationals who lived in Japan as of the end of 2021 fell by 4.4 pct from a year before to 2,760,635, logging the sharpest decline since the survey started in 1950, the Immigration Services Agency said Tuesday.
   The number fell for the second straight year, apparently due to tighter border control measures to tackle the novel coronavirus pandemic.
   By nationality, Chinese made up the largest group, at 716,606, followed by Vietnamese, at 432,934, and South Koreans, at 409,855. All the figures were lower than those a year before.
   In 2021, deportation procedures were taken against 18,012 foreigners for violations of Japan's immigration control and refugee recognition law, up by 2,137 from 2020.
   According to the agency, many of the foreigners turned themselves in after it became difficult for them to make a living amid the pandemic.