Embassy of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Tokyo

The Bangladesh community in Japan comprises 40,045 Bangladeshis (as of June 2025). The number is growing – from 9115 in 2013, 31,536 in June 2024 to 40,045 in June 2025. There is a good number of professionals, academics, and a growing number of IT professionals who came to Japan as students and later settled down. A large majority are small traders and engaged in the services and manufacturing sectors. Japan is a tough labour market to penetrate due to the stringent conditions attached, such as high language and skills proficiency. A small number of Bangladeshis have come to Japan to work mostly in the construction and services sector under the Technical Internship Programme, which is a temporary scheme to bring in interns for 3-5 years. Total number of Technical Interns (TI) from Bangladesh is currently about 1500. In 2019, Japan adopted a law that allows skilled and semi-skilled foreign workers to enter the country for the first time, which came into effect on 01 April 2019. The Embassy, through relentless efforts, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) on 27 August 2019 with the Government of Japan. Thus, Bangladesh has been included as an approved source country for recruitment of workers in Japan. The Mission is continuing its efforts to make a breakthrough in the Japanese labour market.