Can You Guess the Top Five Countries Where Japanese Have Settled?
Rather than another essay, we put together a little infographic so you can see where the Japanese diaspora is located (as of the date of the publishing of this article). Although we were able to correctly guess a few of them, this exercise certainly helped to educate ourselves on where Nikkei are located around the world.
Scroll through yourself and see if you learn something new!
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