Economic globalization has brought countries closer together. Some countries, because of their developed economies and greater space for development, will also attract some foreigners to settle there. We also call them "immigration".

When it comes to the world's largest immigrant countries, in addition to some developed countries in Europe, Brazil is actually a country with a large number of immigrants. Among them, the largest proportion of immigrants are Japanese, which few people would think of.

As we all know, our international city Shanghai has attracted 300,000 Japanese to settle there.

But do you know?

According to incomplete statistics, there are currently more than 2 million Japanese in Brazil, a South American country, which is more than six times the number of Japanese immigrants in Shanghai. Therefore, Brazil is called the "second hometown of the Japanese"!

So you may be confused about this. Isn’t Japan a developed country?

Why don't they live in developed countries instead of traveling thousands of miles to Brazil?

In fact, Brazil has always been an ancient civilization with a profound historical heritage, and it is also a very popular tourist country. "Passion" is the label of this country.

Brazil occupies half of South America. Although its population is not large, it relies on its unique geographical advantages to develop the country's agriculture very well.

The reason why there are more than 2 million Japanese in Brazil must start with history.

Most of these Japanese in Brazil are called Japanese-Brazilians.

?At the beginning of the last century, countries in South America gained independence one after another, but many freed slaves did not quickly invest in agricultural production in their own countries. This also shows that Brazil was also faced with a large amount of arable land that was uncultivated at that time.

Case.

In order to make up for the labor shortage, the Brazilian government began to accept a large number of immigrants.

Japan was one of the countries that Brazil sent envoys to discuss immigration matters. After the Japanese government agreed to the Brazilian government's proposal, Brazil also put forward three conditions: The first is that if you want to immigrate, you must bring your entire family, including your wife and children.

Settling in Brazil; secondly, Japanese who immigrate to Brazil must obtain Brazilian citizenship; finally, it is best for these Japanese to be farmers or handicraftsmen, Brazil will not accept unemployed vagrants.

During that period, the environment in Japan happened to be relatively bad.

Because during the Meiji Restoration, the government strongly encouraged people to have children, the land and resources were temporarily unable to support the "excessive" population, and the food supply was very tight.

Therefore, immigrating to Brazil was undoubtedly a good strategy at the time and could solve Japan's urgent needs.

A large number of Japanese immigrated to Brazil, which also greatly helped agricultural production.

As a result, the number of Japanese in Brazil has grown larger and larger, from more than 10,000 at the beginning to more than 2 million now.

Some Japanese-Brazilians have returned to the embrace of their motherland, while others have transformed from craftsmen and farmers into businessmen or government officials in Brazil.

If you travel in Brazil, you can also see some Japanese restaurants, Japanese judo halls, etc. on the streets.

In the final analysis, this is also because the cultures of Japan and Brazil can be integrated. In Brazil, intermarriage between Japanese and Brazilians is common and is considered a very common phenomenon.

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