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Demographics - Japanese Postwar Emigration by Prefecture, 1952-1993
Source: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Kaigai ijū tōkei (FY 1952-FY 1993) (Tōkyō, 1994), 25.
| Prefecture |
Number of Emigrants |
| Okinawa | 7,227 |
| Tokyo | 6,002 |
| Fukuoka | 4,536 |
| Hokkaido | 4,487 |
| Kumamoto | 4,454 |
| Nagasaki | 3,877 |
| Kochi | 2,723 |
| Kagoshima | 2,618 |
| Fukushima | 2,616 |
| Kanagawa | 2,364 |
| Yamaguchi | 2,207 |
| Hiroshima | 2,127 |
| Wakayama | 1,939 |
| Ehime | 1,851 |
| Miyazaki | 1,670 |
| Osaka | 1,446 |
| Gunma | 1,265 |
| Hyogo | 1,249 |
| Saga | 1,124 |
| Shizuoka | 1,084 |
| Okayama | 1,025 |
| Miyagi | 941 |
| Chiba | 906 |
| Aichi | 882 |
| Nagano | 877 |
| Iwate | 849 |
| Yamagata | 849 |
| Saitama | 784 |
| Aomori | 680 |
| Ibaraki | 650 |
| Kagawa | 615 |
| Mie | 564 |
| Oita | 552 |
| Gifu | 543 |
| Kyoto | 502 |
| Akita | 463 |
| Shimane | 448 |
| Yamanashi | 438 |
| Niigata | 427 |
| Fukui | 422 |
| Tokushima | 355 |
| Tochigi | 351 |
| Ishikawa | 302 |
| Tottori | 298 |
| Nara | 276 |
| Toyama | 263 |
| Shiga | 215 |
| Unknown | 692 |