Foreign Residents in Gunma Increase for 3 Consecutive Years.

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As of January of this year, the foreign population living in Gunma Prefecture increased by approximately 9,000 from the previous year to 81,396. This marks the third consecutive year of increase. Meanwhile, the total population of Gunma Prefecture, including foreigners, was 1,907,976, a decrease of approximately 11,000 from the same period last year. This represents a decrease of 0.59%, marking the 12th consecutive year of population decline since the current statistical method was introduced. Foreigners account for 4.27% of the prefecture's total population. This figure is the third highest in Japan, after Tokyo and Aichi Prefecture.