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The Japanese spoken in Brazil is different from that used in Japan. In Brazil, the language has preserved some lexicons that disappeared in Japan, mainly due to the influence of the English language. For example, in the Japanese of Brazil, the archaic term "benjoo" is used to designate "banheiro" (English: bathroom).
Kasuto-Maru, a symbol of the beginning of the Japanese community in Brazil, was the first ship to arrive in the city of Santos, leaving the port of Kobe with 65 families on board. [1] [7] In the last 10 years of immigration, there were around 15,000 foreigners in Brazil, a number that increased after the outbreak of the World War I.
Starting in the late 1980s, there was a reversal in the migration flow between Brazil and Japan. Brazil entered an economic crisis, known as "Década Perdida", with inflation reaching 1,037.53% in 1988 and 1,782.85% in 1989. At the same time, Japan's economy was experiencing impressive growth, making it one of the wealthiest countries in the world.
In 2018, Brazil exported $4.46B to Japan, while Japan exported $4.12B to Brazil. [20] Though the share of Japan in Brazil's exports and Brazilian imports in Japan has dropped about 1.1%, [19] during the last 23 years the exports of Japan to Brazil have increased at an annualized rate of 1.79%. [20]
Japan has an embassy in La Paz and a consular office in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. [144] There are around 15,000 Bolivians who are of Japanese descent. (See also Japanese Bolivians) Brazil: 1895: See Brazil–Japan relations. Brazil has an embassy in Tokyo and consulates-general in Hamamatsu and Nagoya. [145]
After Japan was defeated by the Allies in 1945, colonial control from Tokyo over the far-flung territories ended. The extent of Japanese governance was restricted to the naichi (excepting Karafuto Prefecture, which was annexed by the Soviet Union); the Nanpō and Ryūkyū Islands were returned to Japan by the US in 1968 and 1972 respectively.
The most immigrants to come in one year peaked in 1933 at 24,000, but restrictions due to ever growing anti-Japanese sentiment caused it to die down and then eventually halt at the start of World War II. Japanese immigration into Brazil actually saw continued traffic after it resumed in 1951.
The English language during the Middle Ages was an object of linguistic imperialism by the French language, particularly following the Norman conquest. For hundreds of years, French or Anglo-Norman was the language of administration ( See Law French ) and therefore a language of higher status in England.