Shiwa

岩手県紫波町

Monthly max/min temperature (2010–2024)

Max Min

153

foreign residents live here

0.5% of the city population (32,419 residents) · Japan average 3.3%

+30 foreign residents in the past year (+24.4%)

across Japan: +9.4% · Between 2024-12 and 2025-12

By nationality

Filipinos

Chinese

Vietnamese

Indians

Koreans

Nepalese

Myanmarese

Pakistanis

Visa status

No work restriction 26 28%

Skilled work visa 3 3%

Tied to one employer 64 68%

Student, family and others 1 1%

Counting Brazilians, Peruvians, Filipinos, Vietnamese and Chinese.

Age and sex are not published for municipalities with fewer than 5,000 foreign residents.

Arrivals and departures

Arrived

Left

Net

+32

from abroad

from elsewhere in Japan

abroad

elsewhere in Japan

Movement of foreign residents during 2025.

Open jobs (0)

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Source: Japanese government · Weather: Open-Meteo · Data from 2025–2026