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Japanese Brazilians are Brazilian citizens of Japanese ancestry, with over 2 million descendants living in Brazil, making it the largest population of Japanese origin outside Japan. Most Japanese Brazilians have been living in Brazil for three or more generations and hold only Brazilian citizenship. The term Nikkei refers to Japanese people and their descendants, with the first Japanese immigrants arriving in Brazil in 1908 to work on coffee plantations.