Tokyo skyline with Tokyo Tower at golden hour, Minato City

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Chinese-speaking doctors in Japan

664 doctors in Japan who work in Chinese, in 24 cities. Tokyo (293), Osaka (121) and Nagoya (49) hold 70% of them.

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8%of all doctors here
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Showing all 24 cities.

Japan664 in 24 cities

Tokyo skyline with Tokyo Tower at golden hour, Minato CityTokyoJapan293ChineseOf all doctors here293 of 211314% Osaka Castle outer moat with stone walls and turret reflected in water, modern Business Park skyscrapers in the backgroundOsakaJapan121ChineseOf all doctors here121 of 101512% Nagoya Castle keep with golden shachihoko, Nagoya, JapanNagoyaJapan49ChineseOf all doctors here49 of 7706% Fukuoka Tower and Seaside Momochi beach skylineFukuokaJapan38ChineseOf all doctors here38 of 7455% Kinkaku-ji Golden Pavilion reflected in Kyoko-chi pond on a sunny day, Kyoto, JapanKyotoJapan30ChineseOf all doctors here30 of 3858% The harbour and Meriken Park of Kobe, JapanKobeJapan29ChineseOf all doctors here29 of 4536% Sapporo TV Tower rising above Odori Park on a sunny daySapporoJapan14ChineseOf all doctors here14 of 4703% Atomic Bomb Dome and Motoyasu River with Hiroshima skylineHiroshimaJapan13ChineseOf all doctors here13 of 3154% The keep of Kumamoto Castle on its stone baseKumamotoJapan11ChineseOf all doctors here11 of 2125% Downtown Sendai cityscape seen from the rooftop of Sendai Station on a sunny daySendaiJapan10ChineseOf all doctors here10 of 1895% The river and Korakuen garden at Okayama with the city behindOkayamaJapan8ChineseOf all doctors here8 of 1954% Matsuyama Castle, one of twelve original keeps left in JapanMatsuyamaJapan7ChineseOf all doctors here7 of 2133% The willow-lined Bikan canal with white storehouses and boats, Kurashiki, JapanKurashikiJapan6ChineseOf all doctors here6 of 897% Sakurajima volcano across the bay from KagoshimaKagoshimaJapan5ChineseOf all doctors here5 of 1025% Nagasaki in its valley above the harbourNagasakiJapan5ChineseOf all doctors here5 of 1414% The Great Buddha Hall of Todai-ji temple in Nara, JapanNaraJapan5ChineseOf all doctors here5 of 1364% Yukitsuri rope-supported pine trees over the pond at Kenroku-en garden, KanazawaKanazawaJapan4ChineseOf all doctors here4 of 944% The pond and arched bridge of Ritsurin Garden at TakamatsuTakamatsuJapan4ChineseOf all doctors here4 of 1223% The Great Buddha of Kamakura, JapanKamakuraJapan3ChineseOf all doctors here3 of 585% The original wooden keep of Matsue Castle, Shimane, JapanMatsueJapan3ChineseOf all doctors here3 of 655% The black keep of Matsumoto Castle, JapanMatsumotoJapan3ChineseOf all doctors here3 of 953% The Aomori Bay Bridge, with the mountains across the waterAomoriJapan1ChineseOf all doctors here1 of 512% The Toshogu Shrine in Nikko, JapanNikkoJapan1ChineseOf all doctors here1 of 157% The Sanmachi Suji old town street in Takayama, JapanTakayamaJapan1ChineseOf all doctors here1 of 138%

Where these came from

These Chinese-speaking doctors come from 2 sources, led by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (655) and the UK Foreign Office's travel advice (9).

Every one of these sits on an official list, published by a body with nothing to sell.

Questions

How many Chinese-speaking doctors are there in Japan?
We list 664, in 24 cities. That is the number whose working language we can trace to a published source, not the number that exists.
Which city has the most?
Tokyo, with 293 of the 664.
Is Chinese unusual for doctors in Japan?
8% of the 8136 doctors we hold in Japan are recorded as working in Chinese. Most of them come from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a register that records the languages each provider offers, so the figure reflects who that register covers, not only who speaks what.