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The Liberdade neighborhood is a Little Tokyo of São Paulo. The single largest Japanese diaspora in any city is in São Paulo. [1] In 1958, the census counted 120,000 Japanese in the city and by 1987, there were 326,000 with another 170,000 in the surrounding areas within São Paulo state. [2]
Since Japanese immigration to Brazil practically ceased in the 1970s, by 2022 less than 5% of Brazil's Japanese-origin population was Japanese-born, with over 95% being Brazilians whose Japanese ancestors immigrated to Brazil over the last five generations. [9] [65] Liberdade neighborhood, in São Paulo city. As of 1988, there were 290,000 ...
Japanese immigration has been concentrated in São Paulo and in 2000, 49.3% of Japanese and descendants lived in this state. There were 693,495 people of Japanese origin in São Paulo, followed by Paraná with 143,588.
Liberdade is the Japanese district in São Paulo, Brazil. São Paulo metropolitan area is the city that has the largest Japanese population outside Japan [55] and the largest population of people that have Japanese descent [citation needed].
Brazil has the largest population of Japanese descent outside Japan. [62] Japanese immigration to Brazil started on 18 June 1908, when the Japanese ship Kasato-Maru arrived in the Port of Santos, south of São Paulo, carrying the first 781 people to take advantage of a bilateral agreement promoting immigration.
The Korean Brazilian population is estimated to be 50,000, and the Chinese Brazilian population around 250,000. Over 70% of Asian Brazilians are concentrated in the state of São Paulo . There are significant populations in Paraná , Pará , Mato Grosso do Sul , and other parts of Brazil.
Other languages spoken in the city are mainly among the Asian community: São Paulo is home to the largest Japanese population outside Japan. Although today most Japanese-Brazilians speak only Portuguese, some of them are still fluent in Japanese. Some people of Chinese and Korean descent are still able to speak their ancestral languages. [144]
Northeast São Paulo is 65% Italian, for example. [10] The arrival of immigrants from several places of Europe, the Middle-East and Asia produced an ethnically diverse population. The city of Bastos, in São Paulo, is 11.4% Japanese. The city of São Paulo is home to the largest Japanese population outside Japan itself. [11]