The Brazilian nikkeis are the third largest immigrant community from Japan and they, without a doubt, were more affected for the global economical crisis in the country.

With their work visas, created especially for them, many Japanese Brazilian ethnic returned in the last decade to Japan, the country that their ancestral ones left one century ago.

They worked during long shifts in enormous factories, in which they produce of everything, from pieces of automobiles to cellular telephones, to assist to the demand seemingly insatiable of the United States and of Europe – until that the process suffered a sudden stoppage last year, when the economical crisis strangled the main motor of growth of Japan.

Without the safety checked by permanent employee’s condition, the Brazilian nikkeis, as well as a great number of contracted workers and employees, were the first ones to lose the jobs. That and the Japanese government’s offers to pay their passages of turn home, it created a return wave to Brazil.

The Embassy of Brazil in Tokyo calculates that about 40 thousand (or 12%) from the 317 thousand individuals from this community already returned to Brazil, and more is leaving daily.

For many immigrants that return, the readjustment to the life in Brazil has been difficult. They argue that Japan was better to work, but Brazil provides a better life.

Via: Financial Times.