Abstract
Japanese immigration to Brazil has a long history starting early in the twentieth century when astonishing amounts of Japanese immigrated to Brazil to take advantage of Japanese government funds encouraging emigration as well as the Brazilian market. However, a deep economic crisis in Brazil during the 1980s saw a lot of this population return back to their country of origin, Japan. This was for the most part seen as a temporary situation and the return to Brazil was always a possibility. A large proportion ended up staying on in Japan as the economy was prosperous but encountered surprising obstacles and discrimination. Many factors both in Brazil and Japan, as well as in third countries led to ties between Japan and Brazil.
