White paper on crime 2018 Part4/Chapter9/Section2/2
The number of new foreign national inmates was 747 in 2017 (Source: Annual Report of Statistics on Correction).
Foreign national sentenced inmates who require different treatment from that of Japanese sentenced inmates are categorized as F-class and provided with treatment in accordance with their culture and life style. Fig. 4-9-2-2 shows the trend of the number of new F-class sentenced inmates.