--- entity_id: city:jp:geonames:1859642 entity_type: city name: Kawasaki country_code: JP country: Japan slug: kawasaki canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/kawasaki/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/jp/kawasaki.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/jp/kawasaki.md mcp_uri: immigrationdb://city/jp/kawasaki snapshot_id: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 generated_at: 2026-09-12 last_verified: 2026-09-11 fact_count: 9 language_location_count: 1 employment_location_count: 0 city_intent_block_count: 2 usefulness_tier: answer_linked indexable: true metric_dictionary_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ citation_schema: immigrationdb-citation-v1 citation_canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/kawasaki/ citation_title: "Kawasaki (JP-19), Japan: jobs, population" citation_author: ImmigrationDB citation_publisher: ImmigrationDB citation_snapshot_id: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 citation_version: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 citation_retrieval_date: 2026-09-12 citation_build_date: 2026-09-12 citation_license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- # Kawasaki Kawasaki is a city in Japan. Kawasaki registered an unemployment rate of 3.26% at the end of 2020. The annual PM2.5 concentration measured 9.5 µg/m³ in March 2024. ## Mobility Kawasaki's nearest airport was HND, 7 km away and offered 73 direct destinations. ## Population The city recorded a population density of 10,756.3 people per km² at the end of 2020. ## Facts | Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Foreign residents | `foreign_population_total` | 61,597 people | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [1] | | Population | `population_total` | 1,542,534 people | municipality | 2026-01-01 | 2026-09-11 | fresh | verified | [2] | | Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 3.26 % | city | 2020-12-31 | 2026-08-03 | stale | verified | [3] | | City area | `city_area_km2` | 143 km² | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [4] | | Foreign-resident share | `foreign_population_share_percent` | 3.99 % | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [1] | | Population density | `population_density_per_km2` | 10,756 people/km² | city | 2020-12-31 | 2026-08-03 | stale | verified | [5] | | Airport Direct Destinations Count | `airport_direct_destinations_count` | 73 count | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [6] | | Nearest Major Airport Distance Km | `nearest_major_airport_distance_km` | 7 km | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [7] | | Nearest Major Airport Iata | `nearest_major_airport_iata` | HND | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [7] | Every row keeps the value, unit, geographic scope, observation date, verification date and the numbered source below. A missing metric means the city does not publish it; nothing is imputed. ## Language courses and integration - [川崎市幸区役所まちづくり推進部生涯学習支援課 (Kawasaki City Saiwai Ward Office, Lifelong Learning Support Division)](https://www.city.kawasaki.jp/saiwai/page/0000150320.html) — 幸市民館2階 (Saiwai Civic Center 2F), Kawasaki · checked 2026-08-10 Only exact city-linked records are listed; this is not a complete directory of every language school in the city. Provider-supplied records stay separate from government-verified services. ## Public employment service - [Hello Work](https://www.hellowork.mhlw.go.jp/) — Job Search This is a country-level service, not proof of a physical office in this city. ## Healthcare access Migrants can receive medical care in Kawasaki when the country-wide insurance or residence conditions are met. City capacity facts do not determine personal eligibility. - Public healthcare access for foreign residents: Conditional — [official source](https://www.mhlw.go.jp/general/seido/dl/english.pdf) ## Country-wide rules Visa, benefit, tax and healthcare eligibility rules are published on the [Japan country page](https://immigrationdb.com/countries/japan/). ## Relationship to a nearby hub ### Is Kawasaki part of Tokyo? Kawasaki is near Tokyo, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 18.9 km away by straight-line distance. - Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q1490.json ## Comparable recorded safety 12 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Kawasaki in this strictly source-matched cohort. - Kawasaki: 521.6 offences/100k - city:jp:geonames:1854492: 327.6 offences/100k - city:jp:geonames:1862992: 328.9 offences/100k - city:jp:geonames:1848313: 350.2 offences/100k - city:jp:geonames:1863431: 386.5 offences/100k - city:jp:geonames:1860672: 395.4 offences/100k - city:jp:geonames:1861449: 405.8 offences/100k - city:jp:geonames:1855380: 427.2 offences/100k - city:jp:geonames:11611642: 452.7 offences/100k - city:jp:geonames:1848354: 464 offences/100k - city:jp:geonames:1847968: 474 offences/100k - city:jp:geonames:1864624: 504 offences/100k - city:jp:geonames:1848004: 521.1 offences/100k Only identical source-family, definition, period, grain and denominator cohorts are compared. This is not an absolute safety ranking. - Source: https://nlftp.mlit.go.jp/ksj/gml/data/N03/N03-2024/N03-20240101_14_GML.zip - Source: https://catalog.opendata.pref.kanagawa.jp/dataset/71213544-0e9d-4d31-bb27-ad7f5c65c682/resource/93f50176-4ff5-443e-a5be-de58f37a9845/download/jinkotosetai_r6_10.csv - Source: https://nlftp.mlit.go.jp/ksj/gml/datalist/KsjTmplt-N03-2024.html - Source: https://catalog.opendata.pref.kanagawa.jp/dataset/80d26f5ac48cee4ead01c112f7b2fb76 - Source: https://www.police.pref.kanagawa.jp/tokei/hanzai_tokei/mesc0030.html - Source: https://www.police.pref.kanagawa.jp/assets/entry/c0030_62.pdf ## Sources 1. 総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民) — Official source — https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_sosiki/jichi_gyousei/daityo/jinkou_jinkoudoutai-setaisuu.html 2. Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey — Total, 1 January 2026 — Official source — https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000040479049&fileKind=0 3. 総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 就業状態等基本集計 第1-2表) — Official source — https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/files?stat_infid=000032201175 4. 国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan) — Official source — https://www.gsi.go.jp/KOKUJYOHO/MENCHO-title.htm 5. 総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表) — Official source — https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/files?stat_infid=000032142402 6. OpenFlights — Official source — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jpatokal/openflights/master/data/routes.dat 7. OurAirports — Official source — https://davidmegginson.github.io/ourairports-data/airports.csv ## Cite This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. Underlying source publishers and datasets retain their own terms; inspect the Sources section and cite those records separately. ### APA ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Kawasaki (JP-19), Japan: jobs, population [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/kawasaki/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ### BibTeX ```bibtex @misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_kawasaki-jp-19-japan-jobs-population_5f4d7934b4e8, author = {ImmigrationDB}, title = {Kawasaki (JP-19), Japan: jobs, population}, publisher = {ImmigrationDB}, year = {2026}, date = {2026-09-12}, version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0}, snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0}, url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/kawasaki/}, note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}, } ``` ### Markdown [Kawasaki (JP-19), Japan: jobs, population](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/kawasaki/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; retrieved 2026-09-12; built 2026-09-12. - Citation schema: `immigrationdb-citation-v1` - Canonical URL: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/kawasaki/ - Title: Kawasaki (JP-19), Japan: jobs, population - Author: ImmigrationDB - Publisher: ImmigrationDB - Snapshot: `approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0` - Version: `approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0` - Retrieved: 2026-09-12 - Built: 2026-09-12 - Compilation license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ## Data - HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/kawasaki/ - JSON: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/jp/kawasaki.json - Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/jp/kawasaki.md - MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/jp/kawasaki - Metric dictionary: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json - City shard index: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/index.json - Release catalog: https://immigrationdb.com/data/catalog.json