Chest mass examination for foreign students of Japanese-language schools in Fukuoka city was performed in 1991, and 1992. In 1991, 3 out of 237 students and in 1992, 9 out of 657 students were registered as pulmonary tuberculosis patients. Their home countries were China, Taiwan, and Korea. The incidence rates were 1,266 and 1,270 per 100,000 persons in 1991 and 1992, respectively, and were much higher than those of corresponding Japanese groups in the same period. Patients of severe types of pulmonary tuberculosis or smear positive cases were few. Though the treatments were interrupted in 4 out of 12 patients because of their return to their home countries, in the others the success rate of the treatment was as good as in Japanese patients. It is recommended that health examination including chest radiography should be performed for foreign students of Japanese-language school as soon as possible after their entrance to Japan.

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