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. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The vast majority are Brazilians, but there is also a large population of Peruvians and smaller populations of Argentines and other Latin Americans. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics.

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. is a Japanese word meaning "foreigner" or "non-Japanese"

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. is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal.

See also

• Ethnic issues in Japan
• Issei, Nisei and Sansei
• Japanese people
• Language minority students in Japanese classrooms

External links

• Portal for 100-20 years of imigration between Japan and Brazil, Rare pictures

In 2005 a United Nations special rapporteur on racism and xenophobia expressed concerns about "deep and profound" racism in Japan and insufficient government recognition Issei ( 一世, first generation is a Japanese language term used in countries in North America, South America and Australia to specify Nisei ( 二世, second generation is a Japanese language term used in countries in North America, South America and Australia to specify Sansei ( 三世, third generation is a Japanese language term used in countries in North America, South America and Australia to specify The are the dominant Ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent of these approximately 127 million are residents of Japan Minority (non- Japanese) students can be found throughout the entire Japanese education system

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