International Departures and Entries Number of departures and entries (Japanese and foreign nationals) at major airports and ports in Kyushu.

(Persons)

Year Airport     Fukuoka Nagasaki Kumamoto Oita Kagoshima Entries 1996 1,245,233 20,642 15,639 16,663 44,525 Departures 1996 1,228,296 20,030 15,901 17,303 43,492 Total 1996 2,473,519 40,672 31,540 33,966 88,017

Annual Report on Immigration (Ministry of Justice)

(Persons)

Year Port     Hakata Karatsu Nagasaki Sasebo Kagoshima Shimonoseki Nationwide Entries 1996 84,907 - 5,536 1,347 994 47,129 20,954,126 Departures 1996 88,197 516 7,289 1,719 2,034 53,560 20,955,012 Total 1996 173,104 516 12,825 3,066 3,028 100,689 41,909,138

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Transition of international entries into Kyushu by nationality

(Persons)

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 PRC 8,025 13,281 15,639 17,054 18,510 18,695 Taiwan 68,754 73,475 59,234 63,644 73,134 102,399 Hong Kong 3,390 3,356 2,080 1,801 862 1,213 Korea 134,309 145,228 147,979 159,830 152,651 185,285 Other Asian countries 20,064 20,978 20,599 22,857 18,005 17,633 Total for Asia 234,542 256,318 245,531 265,186 263,162 325,225 North America 6,980 9,622 13,276 15,173 17,858 20,121 Europe 18,934 19,889 15,068 13,485 11,663 13,291 Others 2,939 3,459 4,299 4,569 5,205 4,541 Total 263,395 289,288 278,174 298,413 297,888 363,178

Annual Report on Immigration (Ministry of Justice)

Number of Registered Foreign Nationals	(Persons)
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Kyushu 52670 54544 57379 59839 56788 57318 Kyushu/Nationwide 4.3% 4.3% 4.3% 4.4% 4.2% 4.1% Nationwide 1218891 1281644 1320748 1354011 1362371 1415136

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Number of Foreign Residents

Total number China R.of Korea and D.P.R.of Korea Indonesia Rest of Asia UK France Germany Rest of Europe US Canada Austraria Other countries and regions Fukuoka Pref. 35,216 5,961 23,910 156 2,268 283 60 64 254 1,010 208 129 911 Saga Pref. 2,485 581 1,158 35 370 30 3 4 38 105 24 13 124 Nagasaki Pref. 4,324 1,237 1,623 44 570 74 11 7 104 408 44 37 165 Kumamoto Pref. 4,818 1,433 1,300 56 1,046 106 13 21 120 335 63 56 269 Oita Pref. 4,795 746 2,638 180 585 40 3 12 68 160 56 14 291 Miyazaki Pref. 2,543 502 859 148 490 39 4 7 33 216 41 29 175 Kagoshima Pref. 3,137 1,069 485 53 843 70 7 14 47 202 51 41 255 Total for Kyushu 57,318 11,529 31,973 672 6,172 642 101 131 664 2,436 487 321 2,190

Changes over 10 year period   1986 1990 1996 Kyushu 45,328 48,652 57,318

As for 1996 Statistics on Foreign Nationals in Japan (Japan Immigration Association)

Number of Foreign Students

(Persons)

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Kyushu 1659 1978 2458 3004 3494 3680 3883 Kyushu/Nationwide 4% 4.4% 5.1% 5.7% 6.5% 6.8% 7.3% Nationwide 41347 45066 48561 52405 53787 53847 52921

Survey by Ministry of Education