A Study on Location and Housing Style of Non-Parmanent Foreign Residents' within Tokyo Metropolitan wards

Abstract

This study tries to find out the characteristics of the location and the style of non-permanent foreign residents’ housing in Tokyo metropolitan wards (TMW), except for Korean and Chinese permanent residents. The findings are as follows and son on, ie; 1) Intensive housing area by foreign residents has been formed in the central parts of TMW and is gradually expanding to the south-western parts, while the eastern parts are scattered. 2) The style of housing can be classified into three types, scattered-mix houses type, collective houses type and collective flats type.