Japanese-speaking doctors, city by city

Where these came from

These come from 20 different sources, led by Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (69), a Japanese embassy or consulate (18) and a Japanese embassy or consulate (14). A consular list records the language because the mission publishes it for its own citizens, which is why Japanese turns up in 26 countries rather than only where Japanese is spoken.

155 of the 161 sit on an official list; the rest rest on the provider saying so or on a directory listing, and each card says which.

Where we have nothing

We list doctors in 358 further cities with no Japanese speaker recorded, among them Tokyo (2113), Osaka (1015), Nagoya (770) and Fukuoka (745). That is a gap in what has been published, not proof that nobody there works in Japanese.

Questions

How many Japanese-speaking doctors does this page list?

161, in 45 cities. That is the number whose working language we can trace to a published source.

Where are most of them?

Busan with 18, Seoul with 17 and New York with 14. Together that is 30% of the page.

Does a listing mean the doctor speaks Japanese personally?

Not always. Some sources name a practice whose staff include a Japanese speaker rather than the named person, and each card quotes the wording its source used.

All 403 cities where we list doctors, whatever the language.