外国人入国１０００万人超　２３年上半期、水際緩和で２６倍増―入管庁

　出入国在留管理庁は１３日、２０２３年１～６月の外国人新規入国者数が１０１５万４２４９人で、前年同期（３８万８８９３人）の約２６倍に増加したと発表した。２２年３月以降、新型コロナウイルスの水際対策が段階的に緩和されたことを反映。コロナ禍前の１９年上半期（１４９８万５１７０人）の７割弱の水準に回復した。
　在留資格別では、「短期滞在」が９８６万２１９９人と最も多く、全体の９７％を占めた。国・地域別では、韓国の３０５万４５４７人がトップ。台湾（１７４万３９５３人）、米国（９５万２０７４人）と続いた。（2023/10/13-17:08）

The number of foreign nationals who entered Japan in January-June grew some 26-fold from a year before to 10,154,249, the Immigration Services Agency said Friday.
   The figure recovered to a level slightly below 70 pct of 14,985,170 in the first half of 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, on the back of the gradual lifting of Japan's novel coronavirus-linked border measures.
   Foreigners who entered Japan with short-stay visas came to 9,862,199, accounting for 97 pct of the total.
   By country or region, the number of entrants from South Korea was largest, at 3,054,547, followed by Taiwan, at 1,743,953, and the United States, at 952,074.
   As of the end of June, the number of foreign residents rose 4.8 pct from the end of December 2022 to a record 3,223,858, chiefly lifted by an increase in people staying in Japan for the medium to long term as technical interns or workers with specified skills.