• PEOPLE NAME: BRAZILIAN NIKKEI OF JAPAN

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PEID: 49262

ROP: 115441

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: East Asian Peoples

People Cluster: Japanese

Language: Japanese - (jpn)

Alternate Name(s): Japanese, Brazilian

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Shinbutso-shugo

Country: Japan

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Population: 104,000

Global Population: 104,000


PEID: 49262

ROP: 115441

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Brazilian Nikkei of Japan, numbering 104,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Japanese people cluster within the East Asian Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Japan. Their primary language is Japanese. The primary religion practiced by the Brazilian Nikkei is Shinbutsu-shugo, a syncretized mixture of Shinto and Buddhism that forms a unique Japanese Folk Religion practiced by Japanese worldwide.


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