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Originally Posted by Crawford
Yeah, but these aren't Japanese immigrants. Detroit has very few Japanese immigrants or permanent residents of Japanese descent. Rather, it has a ton of Japanese expats, who are here for their auto jobs for a few years, and live in a bit of an expat bubble while here. I assume they re-assimilate just fine when they return to Japan.
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Japanese expats have no trouble assimilating back into Japan. Getting sent to NYC or Detroit or LA is a sign of elite status. They typically enjoy their 3 years in America, and then go back to Japan.
There are almost no real Japanese immigrants in America anymore. Some Japanese girls marry local American guys, and some really adventurous young Japanese settle for the freedom they find here. But not in large numbers.
Brazilian Japanese are looked down on in Japan because they are perceived as being poor, uneducated, and from a poor country. For example I had a Brazilian-Japanese friend who was working at a bank in NY, visit his distant relatives in Kobe, and they were very circumspect about him probably because they thought he would ask them for money or a place to stay. Actually he made much more than they did.
Japanese Americans aren't so much looked down on in Japan as just not considered Japanese at all. Unless they speak fluent, unaccented Japanese. "Kitchen Japanese" doesn't cut it over there.