Brazilians in Japan

Not to be confused with Japanese Brazilians.
Brazilians in Japan
ブラジル系日本人 (Japanese)
Brasilo-japoneses (Portuguese)
Total population
212,325 (in June, 2024)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Nagoya, Hamamatsu,[2] Toyohashi,
Toyota,[3] Ōizumi,[4] Echizen, Takaoka
Languages
Portuguese, Japanese
Religion
Roman Catholicism, Japanese new religions[5]
Minority:
Buddhism and Shinto
Related ethnic groups
Brazilians, Japanese people, Japanese Brazilians, Peruvians in Japan

There is a significant community of Brazilians in Japan, consisting largely but not exclusively of Brazilians of Japanese descent. Brazilians with Japanese descent are commonly known as Nikkei Brazilians[6] or Brazilian Japanese people (Portuguese: brasilo-japoneses, Japanese: ブラジル系日本人, burajiru kei nihonjin). They constitute the largest number of native Portuguese speakers in Asia, greater than those of formerly Portuguese East Timor, Macao and Goa combined. Likewise, Brazil maintains its status as home to the largest Japanese community outside Japan.

  1. ^ 令和６年６月末現在における在留外国人数について
  2. ^ Brooke, James (2001-11-27). "Hamamatsu Journal; Sons and Daughters of Japan, Back From Brazil". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference onishi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "JAPÃO: IMIGRANTES BRASILEIROS POPULARIZAM LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA". Archived from the original on 2009-03-17. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
  5. ^ Matsue 2006, p. 123
  6. ^ Ikeuchi, Suma (2019). Jesus Loves Japan: Return and Global Pentecostalism in a Brazilian Diaspora. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. pp. 1–7.