Living in Yatsushiro

In Yatsushiro, rents across existing tenancies average €5.36 per m² a month (2023).

There were 300.1 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2022. The median age was 53.7 years in 2026. For 八代市, the unemployment rate was 4.3% in October 2020. The population of 八代市, in Japan, was 120,023 in 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-1024 sources

Population120,023people31 Dec 2024Official source · e-Stat 社会・人口統計体系市区町村データ基礎データ（オリジナル）0000020101 — A2301 住民基本台帳人口（総数）, 調査年 2024年度

Median gross salary (region)257.2EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average net rent5.36EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 14% belowOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Unemployment rate4.3%country median 3.8% — 14% aboveOfficial source · Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality

Recorded crime454.9incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality (2025 confirmed)

PM2.5, annual mean11.8µg/m³country median 8.4 — 40% aboveOfficial source · MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 八代市

Cheaper rent than 69% of Japanese cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 73% of Japanese cities that publish it and dirtier air than 98% of Japanese cities that publish it.

Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to Yatsushiro?

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Housing and cost

Japan's Housing and Land Survey monthly-rent measure excludes security deposits, key money/right money and common-area charges. The Ministry of Land says deposit terms vary by regional custom; these sources provide context, not a comparable city-level distribution. Statistics Bureau glossary (2018) · MLIT rental-housing Q&A.

How much does it cost to rent in 八代市?

Average net cold rent is about 5.36 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

Average net rent (nettokalt): 5.36 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁶

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesYatsushiro highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Sapporo€7.56

Yatsushiro€5.36

Show the other 6 cities

Saitama€10.37

Fukuoka€9.00

Kobe€8.87

Sendai€8.85

Nagoya€8.81

Hiroshima€8.38

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	31.61 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	ドコモ光月額料金 — NTTドコモ¹⁸Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB³Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate	16.18 %	31 Oct 2023	2023 Housing and Land Survey, Table 1-2: Housing by occupancy status¹Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.36 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27	31 Dec 2023	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁶Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	270.3 EUR/month	31 Oct 2023	Housing and Land Survey 2023, Table 112-3-2: Monthly Rent of Dwelling by Type of Dwelling — Japan, prefecture, shi, ku, machi and mura⁸Official

Is Yatsushiro a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker57%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 49–65%

Skilled employee68%strong on work, weak on safety · range 60–76%

Student72%strong on education, weak on work · range 65–79%

Family77%strong on family, weak on legal route · range 70–84%

Retirement59%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 50–68%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 322 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 5.36 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: 2023 Housing and Land Survey

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in 八代市?

The unemployment rate is 4.3 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁹

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Yatsushiro is 4.3%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Yatsushiro 4.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	257.2 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁷Official
Unemployment rate	4.3 %country median 3.8%	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Yatsushiro?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€0of €0 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	outside the model's range
Rent, 60 m²€5.36/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31	− €322
Internet€32 · official · ドコモ光月額料金 · 2026-09-30	− €32
Mobile plan€22 · official · docomo mini 10GB · 2026-09-30	− €22
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	—

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Yatsushiro. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Hello Work — Public employment service

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Yatsushiro. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	54 schools	1 May 2024	MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127¹²Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	17.94 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹⁰Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	1,794 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹⁰Official
Hospitals	9 count	1 Jun 2026	医療情報ネット hospitals facility CSV¹⁹Official
Pharmacies	66 count	1 Jun 2026	医療情報ネット pharmacies CSV²⁰Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	2.79 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹¹Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	300.1 per 100,000	2022	Exact e-Stat municipality row I6100 (医師数), derived with the exact same-JIS e-Stat A2301 total resident population row. No prefecture or parent-area value is used.⁷Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Yatsushiro when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,794 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-09-16

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 八代市?

Police recorded about 455 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 454.9 incidents per 100,000 · Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality (2025 confirmed)¹⁴

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	454.9 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality (2025 confirmed)¹⁴Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	2 count	2024	Unique direct scheduled destination endpoints for the nearest scheduled-service airport in the complete 97-airport MLIT universe; domestic endpoints come from the official 2024 annual route table and international endpoints from the official 2024 summer and winter direct scheduled-flight tables.¹⁵Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Yatsushiro. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Japanese Language Education Program for Foreigners Living in Japan — State Language Course

Agency for Cultural Affairs

For foreigners living in Japan.

JapaneseIn Person, Online

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Yatsushiro.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in 八代市?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 11.8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 八代市¹³

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.511.8WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in JapanAnnual PM2.5 in Yatsushiro is 11.8 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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4–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–14

Yatsushiro 11.8

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	11.8 µg/m³country median 8.4	31 Mar 2024	MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 八代市¹³Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 681.3 km² in 2024. Population density was 176.2 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in 八代市?

The published population was 120,023 people in 2024. Source: e-Stat 社会・人口統計体系市区町村データ基礎データ（オリジナル）0000020101 — A2301 住民基本台帳人口（総数）, 調査年 2024年度⁵

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport96.7%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	681.3 km²	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row B1101: 総面積（北方地域及び竹島を除く）, converted from ha to km2.⁶Official
Foreign residents	3,996 people	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.⁵Official
Population density	176.2 people/km²	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row B1101: 総面積（北方地域及び竹島を除く）, converted from ha to km2.⁶Official
Population	120,023 people	31 Dec 2024	e-Stat 社会・人口統計体系市区町村データ基礎データ（オリジナル）0000020101 — A2301 住民基本台帳人口（総数）, 調査年 2024年度⁵Official

International community in Yatsushiro

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Citizenship

Persons in the official 2020 Population Census Basic Complete Tabulation on Population and Households; sex-total population by source-native nationality category. · 2020

Published group	People	Share
Total	123,067	100.0%
Japanese	120,072	97.6%
Foreigner	2,036	1.7%
Nationality not reported	959	0.8%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	886	0.7%
Republic of the Philippines	513	0.4%
People's Republic of China	363	0.3%
Others	156	0.1%
Republic of Korea	35	0.0%
Republic of Indonesia	27	0.0%
Kingdom of Thailand	26	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
United States of America	13	0.0%
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal	8	0.0%
Federative Republic of Brazil	5	0.0%
India	3	0.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁴

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median age	53.7 years	31 Dec 2026	2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)²Official

Alternatives for people set on Yatsushiro

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Kamiamakusa as a Yatsushiro alternative in the same region

18 km away, better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Rent: €3.91/m² Kamiamakusa vs €5.36/m² Yatsushiro−27%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 225 Kamiamakusa vs 455 Yatsushiro−51%
Unemployment: 4.0% Kamiamakusa vs 4.3% Yatsushiro−7%
Median gross pay, region: €249 Kamiamakusa vs €257 Yatsushiro−3%

Full comparison More about Kamiamakusa

Kirishima as a Yatsushiro alternative in the same country

87 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €4.67/m² Kirishima vs €5.36/m² Yatsushiro−13%
Empty flats: 22.7% Kirishima vs 16.2% Yatsushiro+40%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 551 Kirishima vs 455 Yatsushirono percentage
Annual PM2.5: 10.5 µg/m³ Kirishima vs 11.8 µg/m³ Yatsushiro−11%
Median gross pay, region: €264 Kirishima vs €257 Yatsushirosame level
Residents: 123,070 Kirishima vs 120,023 Yatsushiro+3%

Full comparison More about Kirishima

Cities near Yatsushiro

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Uki 17.4 km away

Rent: 4.88 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Kamiamakusa 18.3 km away

Rent: 3.91 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Uto 20.8 km away

Rent: 5.17 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

Other cities in Japan to compare with Yatsushiro, nearest in population first.

All Japan cities

Suminoe-ku (Osaka)120,072 residents Sakae-ku (Yokohama)120,194 residents Higashi-ku (Hiroshima)119,353 residents Ise118,849 residents Naka-ku (Sakai)121,236 residents Kashihara-shi118,556 residents

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in 八代市?

The published population was 120,023 people in 2024. Source: e-Stat 社会・人口統計体系市区町村データ基礎データ（オリジナル）0000020101 — A2301 住民基本台帳人口（総数）, 調査年 2024年度.

How much does it cost to rent in 八代市?

Average net cold rent is about 5.36 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 375 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in 八代市?

How safe is 八代市?

Police recorded about 455 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality (2025 confirmed).

What is the unemployment rate in 八代市?

The unemployment rate is 4.3 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality.

What is the typical salary around Yatsushiro?

The median gross salary is 257.2 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Yatsushiro a good place to live?

Yatsushiro may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Yatsushiro?

Uki, Kamiamakusa, Uto are near Yatsushiro. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people are in the Japanese citizenship group in Yatsushiro?

The official citizenship distribution records 120,072 people (97.6%) in the source-defined population for 2020. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents) e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-24
docomo mini 10GB docomo.ne.jp · checked 2026-09-15
e-Stat / Statistics Bureau of Japan 2020 Population Census table 44-1 nationality e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-01
Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）. e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-15
Exact e-Stat municipality row B1101: 総面積（北方地域及び竹島を除く）, converted from ha to km2. e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-15
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医療情報ネット hospitals facility CSV mhlw.go.jp · checked 2026-09-15
医療情報ネット pharmacies CSV mhlw.go.jp · checked 2026-09-15
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