Dekasegi
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Dekasegi is a term used in Latin American cultures to refer to ethnic Japanese people who have migrated to Japan, having taken advantage of Japanese citizenship and immigration laws to escape from economic instability in South America. The vast majority are Brazilians, but there is also a large population of Peruvians and smaller populations of Argentines and other Latin Americans.
The original Japanese word dekasegi (出稼ぎ) roughly translates as "working away from home". This can cause annoyance to those of Japanese descent who were born abroad, but have come to regard Japan as their permanent home, and therefore object to being regarded by Japanese (in Japan) as gaijin or foreigners.
There are approximately 275,000 such people in Japan from Brazil alone. Some are bilingual in Japanese and Portuguese, but many are Monolingual in Portuguese alone when they first come to Japan and face additional challenges due to this language barrier.
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- Ethnic issues in Japan
- Issei, Nisei and Sansei
- Japanese people
- Language minority students in Japanese classrooms
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