Japanese Venezuelans are Venezuelan citizens who have full or partial Japanese ancestry. The first wave of Japanese came to Venezuela in 1931.[4]
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1,172[1][2][3] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Caracas, Puerto La Cruz, and Maracaibo. | |
| Languages | |
| Venezuelan Spanish, Japanese. | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism and Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Japanese Americans, Japanese Argentines, Japanese Brazilians, Japanese Colombians, Japanese Mexicans, Japanese Paraguayans, Japanese Peruvians, Japanese Uruguayans |
Language
editMost Japanese Venezuelans only speak Spanish. Only a selected number can speak Japanese, while those with higher education speak English. There are even a number of Japanese Venezuelan schools that offer English language teaching to the recent Japanese residents.
Religion
editThe majority of Japanese Venezuelans are Roman Catholic Christians, while the rest are Buddhists.
Notable individuals
edit- Kaori F. Yonekura, filmmaker
- Hanshi Gijin Hiramatsu, martial artist
- Alexander Cabrera Suzuki, baseball player
- Hana Kobayashi, singer
- Sadao Muraki, pianist
- Yoshikatsu Yoshida, mathematician
- Henry Zakka, actor
See also
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References
edit- ^ "ベネズエラ・ボリバル共和国（Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela）". 外務省 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-09-05.
- ^ "Japan-Venezuela Relations (Basic Data)". 外務省. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
- ^ 352 Japanese nationals in Venezuela (October 2017) + 820 Japanese descendants in Venezuela (2017 estimate)
- ^ Adachi, Nobuko (2006-10-03). Japanese Diasporas: Unsung Pasts, Conflicting Presents and Uncertain Futures. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-98723-7.
Further reading
edit- Masterson, Daniel M. and Sayaka Funada-Classen. (2004), The Japanese in Latin America: The Asian American Experience. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-07144-7; OCLC 253466232
- La inmigración japónesa en Venezuela (1928–2008). (The Japanese immigration in Venezuela. 1928–2008)
