Dekasegi
Dekasegi ( Japanese 出 稼 ぎ ), derived from it in Brazilian Portuguese also Dekassegui , is an expression in the Japanese language for people who originally came from South America and settled in Japan . The word is more or less translated as “work away from home”, it consists of the parts deru ( 出 る , “leave”) and kasegu ( 稼 ぐ , roughly “work”). The term is mainly used for the large number of Brazilian and Peruvian people in Japan.
At the end of the 1980s there was a large wave of emigration from Brazil, mainly due to the strong hyperinflation , including to Japan. It is estimated that around 275,000 Brazilian “Dekasegi” live in Japan, making them the third largest immigrant group in Japan (after Chinese and Koreans).
Due to the great recession that started in 2007 , numerous Brazilian “Dekasegi” lost their jobs. The Japanese government therefore pays every South American migrant 300,000 yen (approx. 2,372 euros) when they return to South America. An additional 200,000 yen is paid upon the return of each additional family member. Migrants will not be able to return to Japan later, even if the Japanese economy recovers. This sparked numerous protests in Japan.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Coco Masters: Japan to Immigrants: Thanks, But You Can Go Home Now. (Japan says to its immigrants: Thank you, but go home now) In: Time Magazine. April 20, 2009.