Japanese Brazilians

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The thread I had opened about this interesting group went missing, unfortunately. Based on my personal experiences, they're the most exemplary immigrant group. Self controlled, focused on education, low crime rates, etc. On average they outperform every single European immigrant group in Brazil IMO.

A Japanese Brazilian (日系ブラジル人 Nikkei Burajiru-jin?, nipo-brasileiro, pronounced in Portuguese: [ˌnʲipobɾaziˈlejɾu]) is a Brazilian citizen, national or natural of Japanese descent, or a Japanese immigrant living in Brazil.

The first Japanese immigrants arrived in Brazil in 1908. Brazil is home to the largest Japanese population outside of Japan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Brazilian

Juniti Saito, the current commander of the Brazilian Air Force



José Yamashiro, journalist (he has written some interesting history books, among others "Portuguese shock in Japan in the XVI and XVII centuries" and "History of the Samurai", both of which I have read and enjoyed)



Tizuka Yamazaki, film director



Luiz Gushiken, politician:



Daniele Suzuki, actress




Luiz Yoshio Onmura, judo wrestler, winner of a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympic games



Cássio Taniguchi, politician, former Mayor of Curitiba:



Içami Tiba, psychiatrist, columnist:



Jorge Kishikawa, martial artist, founder of the Brazilian Confederation of Kobudô (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kory%C5%AB)



Chiaki Ishii, judo wrestler, he won a medal at the 1972 Olympic games:



Junji Abe, politician, Mayor of Mogi das Cruzes, former province deputy and former federal deputy:



Massami Uyeda, jurist, minister at the Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ), Superior Court of Justice:



Jorge Yoshiaki Yanai, doctor and politician, first Brazilian Senator of Japanese origins:



Anne Midori (artistic name, Yumi Saito), porn actress:



Mamoru Miyao, film director:



Tomie Ohtake, painter:



Maurício Miya, singer of Sertanejo music (a very popular Brazilian music genre from the interior of Brazil):



Mii Saki (Misaki Tanaka), actress, journalist and pianist (http://revistazingu.blogspot.com.br/...aseternas.html):

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Professor Tomio Kikuchi, educator, strategist and thinker:



Teruko Oda, poetess and teacher, one of the most noted for Haikai poetry in Brazil:



Dom Júlio Endi Akamine, Catholic bishop:



Propaganda poster of a Japanese private company for immigration to Brazil



Immigrants arriving in São Paulo state



Japanese in rural areas



Japanese immigrants family



The Liberdade neighbourhood in São Paulo

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Japanese Brazilian students, they are overrepresented in the elite courses of the best São Paulo city colleges:

Pelo senso comum, descendentes de japoneses são estudiosos, disciplinados, vão bem na escola, passam no vestibular com mais facilidade e, em boa parte dos casos, têm grandes afinidades com as carreiras de exatas. De acordo com uma pesquisa feita com dados da USP e Unesp, esse imaginário popular não está distante da realidade: de 1,2% da população da cidade de São Paulo, os descendentes de japoneses são menos de 4% nos inscritos no vestibular e cerca de 15% nos aprovados.

Nas carreiras mais concorridas, como Medicina e Engenharia, eles chegam a representar, em média, 15% e 20% dos estudantes matriculados, respectivamente. A explicação para esse rendimento, ainda segundo a pesquisa, está relacionada com fatores culturais e motivacionais, como a alta valorização do conhecimento e do ensino formal entre essas famílias.

http://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/educa...po-brasileiros

According to the general perception, Japanese descendants study hard, are disciplined, perform well at school, gaining access to colleges more easily than the rest and, to a greater degree, having a greater ease with mathematics and physics. According to a research with data from the University of São Paulo (USP) and the State University of São Paulo (Unesp), this perception is not out of reality: being 1,2% of the population of São Paulo city, the Japanese descendants are less than 4% of those competing in the college entrance exams, being 15% of those approved however.

In the most disputed courses, like medicine and engineering, they account, on average, for between 15% to 20% of the students enrolled, respectively. The explanation for this performance, according to the research, is related to cultural reasons as well as motivation, like the higher prestige of knowledge and formal education among these families".

Chieko Aoki, businesswoman, founder of the Blue Tree hotels:

http://www.japao100.com.br/perfil/596/
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Tree_Hotels

[Leto]

It's an interesting thread. Japanese immigrants and their descendants are usually very well-integrated into their host societies. I've heard third- and fourth-generation immigrants in Brazil or America are mostly mixed.

[Smaug]

It's an interesting thread. Japanese immigrants and their descendants are usually very well-integrated into their host societies. I've heard third- and fourth-generation immigrants in Brazil or America are mostly mixed.

No, most are still purely Japanese. They are quite closed but this is changing. I myself have already dated a Japanese Brazilian girl. They are fantastic, a clever hard-working bunch, and the women are very pretty too.

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They are fantastic, a clever hard-working bunch, and the women are very pretty too.

Agreed!

[Leto]

No, most are still purely Japanese. They are quite closed but this is changing.

But they don't speak their language in the 3rd generation, do they?

[Leto]

A little bit off-topic, but still related to Japanese Latin Americans. Keiko Fujimori, daughter of the former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori.

[Smaug]

But they don't speak their language in the 3rd generation, do they?

Some do most don't. It's taught at "Kumon" schools. I've watched some classes, not for Japanese though.

[Incal]

Based on my personal experiences, they're the most exemplary immigrant group. Self controlled, focused on education, low crime rates, etc. On average they outperform every single European immigrant group in Brazil IMO.

Same here in Peru.