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Residents of Japan

A place to discuss living in Japan. Share your experiences and advice, discuss the news, or anything else as a resident of Japan.

99k subscribers694 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)561 authors / mosince 2020

r/japanresidents has 99k members (+58% over the last 12 months). It gets about 694 posts a month from 561 people. Top topics: Japan Job Visa, Foreign Workers and Residents and Coronavirus Cases Tokyo.

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Size and growth

How r/japanresidents has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+58%in 12 months · +13% in 3 months · +2.0% in 1 month
Oct 202698k
Growing98k subscribers
Data since Apr 2020Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+18%vs Sep 2025 · +14% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026694
BusierPeaked at 788 in Jul 2026
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/japanresidents

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Japan Job Visa1.8%
  2. Foreign Workers and Residents1.2%
  3. Coronavirus Cases Tokyo1.1%
  4. Japanese Politics and Elections0.7%
  5. Japan Trains0.6%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Amazon
  2. Yahoo! JAPAN
  3. 朝日新聞
  4. Mainichi Shimbun
  5. The Japan Times

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research