外国人労働者１８２万人　水際緩和で伸び回復―２２年

　厚生労働省が２７日発表した２０２２年の外国人雇用状況（１０月末現在）によると、国内の外国人労働者数は前年比５．５％増の１８２万２７２５人だった。新型コロナウイルスの水際対策が段階的に緩和された影響から、０．２％増とほぼ横ばいだった前年から伸び率が回復。１０年連続で過去最高を更新した。
　国籍別ではベトナムが２．０％増の４６万２３８４人となり最多。中国は３８万５８４８人と２番目に多かったが、前年からは２．８％減少した。３位はフィリピンで２０万６０５０人。インドネシアは４７．５％増の７万７８８９人と大幅に増加した。
　在留資格別に伸び率を見ると、専門的・技術的分野の在留資格が２１．７％増。一方、留学は３．３％、技能実習は２．４％それぞれ減少した。（2023/01/27-14:02）

The number of foreign workers in Japan at the end of October 2022 rose 5.5 pct from a year before to 1,822,725, hitting a record high for the 10th straight year, the labor ministry said Friday.
   The pace of growth accelerated from 0.2 pct for 2021 due to the easing of the government's COVID-19 border controls.
   By nationality, Vietnamese made up the largest group of foreign workers, at 462,384, followed by Chinese, at 385,848, Filipinos, at 206,050, and Indonesians, at 77,889. Vietnamese workers grew by 2.0 pct and Indonesian workers by a whopping 47.5 pct. Chinese workers fell 2.8 pct.
   Of the total, the number of workers with visas for specialized and technical fields jumped 21.7 pct. Those with student visas dropped 3.3 pct, and workers with technical intern trainee visas slid 2.4 pct.
   By industry, foreign workers in the manufacturing sector, who account for a quarter of the total, increased 4.2 pct, up for the first time in three years.