More foreign workers push Japan's overseas remittances to record high

EconomyFiscal 2025 figure up 11.5% from year before, with Vietnam receiving nearly 30% of totalAn Indonesian worker operates farm equipment in Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo. Indonesia was the second biggest destination for overseas remittances from Japan in fiscal 2025. (Photo by Yuji Murakami)JO ISHIBUCHIJuly 13, 2026 17:38 JSTTOKYO -- Overseas remittances from Japan grew to a record high of 1.004 trillion yen ($6.2 billion) in the fiscal year ended in March, up by 11.5% compared to the previous year, reflecting an increase in foreign workers.