One hundred years of Japanese in Brazil
If you’ve ever met a Japanese Brazilian, you won’t easily forget him or her. The blending of Brazil and Japan is so special and on June 18th 2008, it marked a special day for Japan and Brazil. It celebrated the one hundred year anniversary of the first Japanese immigrants who arrived in Brazil. There are an estimated 1.5 million people of Japanese descent in Brazil, more than anywhere in the world outside of Japan itself. The first 165 families totalling 781 Japanese emigrants arrived on board the Kasato Maru to Brazil’s Santos Port to escape poverty and lack of job opportunities in Japan, and to meet the demand for workers in Brazil’s coffee plantations…
Learn more in the following videos and articles found on the web.
Wikipedia article on Japanese Brazilians
Other Japansugoi.com articles of possible interest
- Talita and Tamires, sexy Brazilian Japanese models
- Brazilians in Japan
- Japan becoming a more mixed society
- Jennifer Kurosawa Japanese-Brazilian idol
- Japanese Brazilian girl Yuka Libanio has fun dancing
- Para Para dance videos
- PangYa Japanese Video Program
- Japan number portabilty has arrived
- Samantha Thavasa hooks up with PSP.
- Learn Japanese
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August 30th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Do they prefer to be called Japanese Brazilian or Brazilian Japanese?
August 31st, 2008 at 2:06 pm
They are the most passionate “asians” I’ve ever met, really fun to hang out with.