Dekasegi (also spelt as Dekasegui or Dekassegui) is a term used in Latin American cultures to refer to people of Japanese descent who have migrated to Japan, having taken advantage of Japanese citizenship and immigration laws. Most are Brazilians (and also Peruvians) to escape from economic instability in South America, although there are also many from the United States.

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 have come to regard Japan as their permanent home, and object to being regarded by Japanese (in Japan) as gaijin or foreigners. The characters for Gaikokujin, lit. ...

There are approximately 270,000 such people in Japan from Brazil alone. Most are bilingual in Japanese and Portuguese, Spanish, or English. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Some Peruvians of Amerindian descent had undertaken surgery to "Japanize" their features and migrate to Japan. Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ...

Famous Dekasegi

Alberto Fujimori. Alberto Kenya Fujimori (アルベルト・ケンヤ・フジモリ Aruberuto Kenya Fujimori, born July 28, 1938), also known as Kenya Fujimori (藤森 謙也 Fujimori Kenya), was President of Peru from July 28, 1990 to November 17, 2000. ...