http://www.city.kumamoto.kumamoto.jp/aramashi/toukei/top/toukeisho/toukeisho23/2jinkou.htm

TOKEIKA

http://www2.kumagaku.ac.jp/teacher/~judy/cgi/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.PresentationAndBibliography

Linguistic Landscapes: A Comparative Study of Urban Multilingualism in Tokyo

 著者: Peter Backhaus

Filipine Nurses

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/253140/pinoyabroad/13-pinoy-nurses-pass-tough-japan-nursing-exams

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/212514/pinoyabroad/japan-cuts-filipino-nurses-some-slack

http://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/158293/1/490406.pdf

NAP website http://www.nap-net.jp/index.php?Company

In order to assess whether these directives are being implemented and whether the linguistic abilities are sufficient, public officers will sometimes pretend to be customers who speak only French in English-speaking areas, and who speak only English in French-speaking areas. VISAS http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/long/index.html

全国の市区町村数(April 4, 2012) 日本地図センター 

Zenkoku no Shikuchosonsu, [Japan National City Statistics, in Japanese] April 4, 2012 Japan Map Center, retrieved Nov. 22, 2013 from http://info.jmc.or.jp/shikuchosonsu.html

Based on the data from ………

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/08/26/how-tos/returnee-livid-after-ugly-treatment-at-tbc-beauty-salon-in-tokyo/