White Paper on Crime 2019 Part4/Chapter9/Section2/2
The number of new foreign national sentenced inmates was 780 in 1989, 2,150 in 2003 and 751 in 2018 (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 in the number of new F-class sentenced inmates.