By Nationality

Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Japan: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: Japan runs -12.1 pp versus the 48.3% national average, the strongest gap stamp on this page. Grant rate sits in the lower third of tracked nationalities at 36.2% (below the 48.3% national average). Merits volume is thin-corpus at 47 decisions FY2015–2025.

Data updated 2026-09-05

36.2%
Asylum grant rate
63.8%
Asylum denial rate
47
Asylum decisions

Japan in one line

Japan's asylum grant rate is 36.2% (lower-third grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 47 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (thin-corpus volume).

36.2%
Asylum grant rate · Lower-third grant rate
47
Merits decisions · Thin-corpus volume
-12.1 pp
vs. national average
63.8%
Asylum denial rate
Statistical data only. Japan's 63.8% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Japan vs all nationalities by asylum grant rate

Where this nationality's FY2015–2025 asylum grant rate sits among every tracked nationality (a case-outcome measure, not a quality ranking)

36.2% 160th of 196 higher than 36 of 196 nationalities

Nationalities, banded by asylum grant rate

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more nationalities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Japan grant-rate neighbors

Lower-third grant-rate neighbors for Japan (36.2%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

Belize
39.0%
Liberia
38.6%
United Kingdom
38.6%
Laos
36.8%
Bolivia
36.7%
Guatemala
36.4%
Japan
36.2%
Philippines
35.2%
Honduras
35.1%
Jamaica
34.4%
El Salvador
34.2%
Mexico
32.5%

Lower-third grant-rate nationality Japan (36.2%) in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Japan's 47-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Japan nationals; gap vs national average -12.1 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is thin-corpus at 47 decisions FY2015–2025.

Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics Japan asylum merits outcomes FY2015–2025 · 2025

Every figure on PlainImmigration is rendered directly from federal immigration court records, no number is typed in by an editor. Japan's grant-rate and caseload figures are recomputed live from the EOIR case-level extract on every request, never hand-typed. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-05.