Tokyo skyline with Tokyo Tower at golden hour, Minato City

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Korean-speaking doctors in Japan

344 doctors in Japan who work in Korean, in 24 cities. Tokyo (111), Osaka (107) and Fukuoka (25) hold 71% of them.

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Photo: David Kernan (CC BY 4.0)

Showing all 24 cities.

Japan344 in 24 cities

Tokyo skyline with Tokyo Tower at golden hour, Minato CityTokyoJapan111KoreanOf all doctors here111 of 21135% Osaka Castle outer moat with stone walls and turret reflected in water, modern Business Park skyscrapers in the backgroundOsakaJapan107KoreanOf all doctors here107 of 101511% Fukuoka Tower and Seaside Momochi beach skylineFukuokaJapan25KoreanOf all doctors here25 of 7453% The harbour and Meriken Park of Kobe, JapanKobeJapan19KoreanOf all doctors here19 of 4534% Kinkaku-ji Golden Pavilion reflected in Kyoko-chi pond on a sunny day, Kyoto, JapanKyotoJapan14KoreanOf all doctors here14 of 3854% Nagoya Castle keep with golden shachihoko, Nagoya, JapanNagoyaJapan14KoreanOf all doctors here14 of 7702% The keep of Kumamoto Castle on its stone baseKumamotoJapan13KoreanOf all doctors here13 of 2126% Matsuyama Castle, one of twelve original keeps left in JapanMatsuyamaJapan6KoreanOf all doctors here6 of 2133% Atomic Bomb Dome and Motoyasu River with Hiroshima skylineHiroshimaJapan5KoreanOf all doctors here5 of 3152% The river and Korakuen garden at Okayama with the city behindOkayamaJapan4KoreanOf all doctors here4 of 1952% Nagasaki in its valley above the harbourNagasakiJapan3KoreanOf all doctors here3 of 1412% Downtown Sendai cityscape seen from the rooftop of Sendai Station on a sunny daySendaiJapan3KoreanOf all doctors here3 of 1892% The pond and arched bridge of Ritsurin Garden at TakamatsuTakamatsuJapan3KoreanOf all doctors here3 of 1222% The night view over Hakodate from the mountainHakodateJapan2KoreanOf all doctors here2 of 564% Yukitsuri rope-supported pine trees over the pond at Kenroku-en garden, KanazawaKanazawaJapan2KoreanOf all doctors here2 of 942% The willow-lined Bikan canal with white storehouses and boats, Kurashiki, JapanKurashikiJapan2KoreanOf all doctors here2 of 892% The original wooden keep of Matsue Castle, Shimane, JapanMatsueJapan2KoreanOf all doctors here2 of 653% The city of Naha and the ocean viewed from Shuri Castle Park, Okinawa, JapanNahaJapan2KoreanOf all doctors here2 of 229% Sapporo TV Tower rising above Odori Park on a sunny daySapporoJapan2KoreanOf all doctors here2 of 4700% Sakurajima volcano across the bay from KagoshimaKagoshimaJapan1KoreanOf all doctors here1 of 1021% The Great Buddha of Kamakura, JapanKamakuraJapan1KoreanOf all doctors here1 of 582% The black keep of Matsumoto Castle, JapanMatsumotoJapan1KoreanOf all doctors here1 of 951% The Great Buddha Hall of Todai-ji temple in Nara, JapanNaraJapan1KoreanOf all doctors here1 of 1361% The Sanmachi Suji old town street in Takayama, JapanTakayamaJapan1KoreanOf all doctors here1 of 138%

Where these came from

These Korean-speaking doctors come from 3 sources, led by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (314), a Korean embassy or consulate (29) and the UK Foreign Office's travel advice (1).

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

Questions

How many Korean-speaking doctors are there in Japan?
We list 344, 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 111 of the 344.
Is Korean unusual for doctors in Japan?
4% of the 8136 doctors we hold in Japan are recorded as working in Korean. 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.