Japanese Venezuelans Explained

Group:Japanese Venezuelans
Japonés Venezolano
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Population:1,172[1] [2] [3]
Popplace:Caracas, Puerto La Cruz, and Maracaibo.
Langs:Venezuelan Spanish, Japanese.
Rels:Roman Catholicism and Buddhism
Related:Japanese Americans, Japanese Argentines, Japanese Brazilians, Japanese Colombians, Japanese Mexicans, Japanese Paraguayans, Japanese Peruvians, Japanese Uruguayans

Japanese Venezuelans are Venezuelan citizens who have full or partial Japanese ancestry. The first wave of Japanese came to Venezuela in 1931.[4]

Language

Most 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

The majority of Japanese Venezuelans are Roman Catholic Christians, while the rest are Buddhists.

Notable individuals

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ベネズエラ・ボリバル共和国(Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela). 外務省. ja-JP. 2017-09-05.
  2. Web site: Japan-Venezuela Relations (Basic Data). 外務省. en. 2017-09-05.
  3. 352 Japanese nationals in Venezuela (October 2017) + 820 Japanese descendants in Venezuela (2017 estimate)
  4. Book: Adachi, Nobuko . Japanese Diasporas: Unsung Pasts, Conflicting Presents and Uncertain Futures . 2006-10-03 . Routledge . 978-1-135-98723-7 . en.