Japan has been grappling with its demographic statistics with a sense of urgency, particularly regarding its declining birth rate. In 2023, the country...
They have a surprising amount of immigration from Brazil.
It’s odd though, because the people immigrating to Japan from Brazil are the adult children of people who previously immigrated to Brazil from Japan. Not that that doesn’t happen with other countries.
It’s just an interesting tidbit I learned not that long ago that I really didn’t expect.
I had to visit a factory in Japan over the summer and was shocked at how much Portuguese I saw in a small city in Japan. And how many people I saw who were clearly of mixed Japanese and Brazilian ancestry
They have a surprising amount of immigration from Brazil.
It’s odd though, because the people immigrating to Japan from Brazil are the adult children of people who previously immigrated to Brazil from Japan. Not that that doesn’t happen with other countries.
It’s just an interesting tidbit I learned not that long ago that I really didn’t expect.
I had to visit a factory in Japan over the summer and was shocked at how much Portuguese I saw in a small city in Japan. And how many people I saw who were clearly of mixed Japanese and Brazilian ancestry
Kind of goes full circle with Portugal being some of the earliest traders arriving at Japan, lol.