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Ex-Johnny's idol Kauan Okamoto

Kauan Okamoto, a Japanese-Brazilian musician, attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on April 12, 2023. The former teen idol spoke as an alleged victim of sexual abuse by the late Japanese boy band mogul Johnny Kitagawa.

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Ex-Johnny's idol Kauan Okamoto

Kauan Okamoto, a Japanese-Brazilian musician, attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on April 12, 2023. The former teen idol spoke as an alleged victim of sexual abuse by the late Japanese boy band mogul Johnny Kitagawa.

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Ex-Johnny's idol Kauan Okamoto

Kauan Okamoto, a Japanese-Brazilian musician, attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on April 12, 2023. The former teen idol spoke as an alleged victim of sexual abuse by the late Japanese boy band mogul Johnny Kitagawa.

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Ex-Johnny's idol Kauan Okamoto

Kauan Okamoto, a Japanese-Brazilian musician, attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on April 12, 2023. The former teen idol spoke as an alleged victim of sexual abuse by the late Japanese boy band mogul Johnny Kitagawa.

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PM Abe deepens bonds with Japanese-Brazilian community

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talks with Brazilian lawmakers of Japanese descent in Sao Paulo on Aug. 2, 2014, the last day of his swing of five Latin American nations.

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Japan World Cup squad welcomed in Brazil

ITU, Brazil - Japan's national soccer team coach Alberto Zaccheroni (R) shakes hands with a local Japanese-Brazilian child after receiving flowers during a ceremony welcoming the squad in Itu, Brazil, on June 8, 2014, ahead of the World Cup finals. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japanese-Brazilian woman detained in China

SHANGHAI, China - Photo shows the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai on May 27, 2014. The same day, a 29-year-old Brazilian woman of Japanese ancestry who turned herself in at the diplomatic mission was handed over to Chinese public safety authorities on suspicion of entering the country illegally. The woman is suspected of involvement in a case of an assistant nurse from Osaka whose body was found in a Tokyo rental storage unit earlier that month.

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Japan envoy visits stadium for Japan-Colombia World Cup match

CUIABA, Brazil - Japanese Ambassador to Brazil Kunio Umeda (L) and leaders of the Japanese-Brazilian community in the South American country examine a stadium in the mid-western Brazilian city of Cuiaba on April 23, 2014, ahead of a game there between Japan and Colombia during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

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Younger Japanese-Brazilians in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 11, 2014 shows Linda Sansei, a five-member Japanese-Brazilian girls pop group: (clockwise from upper left) Shiori, Mutsumi, Sayuri, Sakura and Naomi in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward.

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Younger Japanese-Brazilians getting in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 11, 2014 shows Linda Sansei, a five-member Japanese-Brazilian pop group, dancing during a live performance in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward.

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Younger Japanese-Brazilians in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 24, 2014 shows Paulo Issamu Hirano, a third-generation Japanese Brazilian who lives in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, holding copies of a free paper he has issued to introduce the prefectural town of Oizumi, which is dubbed "Brazil Town" as 10 percent of its 40,000 residents are of Brazilian descent.

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Younger Japanese-Brazilians in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 11, 2014 shows Linda Sansei, a five-member Japanese-Brazilian pop group, singing during a live performance in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward.

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Younger Japanese-Brazilians in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 31, 2014 shows Marcelo Watanabe, a third-generation Japanese Brazilian at his office in Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture, who compiled an almanac of immigration in the prefecture last year to mark its 100th anniversary.

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Japanese-Brazilians learning Japanese from non-Japanese teachers

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Teacher Aline Wanderley (L) receives a homework assignment from a Japanese-Brazilian student at a Japanese-language school in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Aug. 26, 2013.

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Japanese-Brazilian gets OK to return to Japan after lawsuit

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Lucas Futenma holds a certificate of eligibility for residence status for his wife Giullyane Futenma in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on May 29, 2013. Giullyane Futenma, a Brazilian woman of Japanese descent, has been given the green light to return to Japan after she filed a lawsuit against the Japanese government demanding she be allowed to re-enter and live in the country, her lawyer said the same day.

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Japanese-Brazilian sues Japanese gov't over denial of re-entry

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Lucas Futenma (L) and lawyers representing his wife Giullyane Futenma hold a press conference in the city of Shizuoka on May 8, 2013. Giullyane Futenma, a Brazilian woman of Japanese descent, filed a lawsuit against the Japanese government with the Shizuoka District Court the same day demanding that she be allowed to re-enter the country, where her husband lives.

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Japanese, Brazilian foreign ministers

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L), during his visit to Brazil to attend the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, holds talks with his Brazilian counterpart Antonio Patriota in Rio de Janeiro on June 21, 2012.

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Documentary film about Japanese-Brazilian youths

HAMAMATSU, Japan - (From L) Kimihiro Tsumura, professor at Hamamatsu Gakuin University, Pablo Nadayoshi, a Japanese-Brazilian living in Japan, and film director Mayu Nakamura pose for photos in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 20, 2012. They hold a poster of ''Kodoku na Tsubame tachi'' (lonely swallows), their documentary film about Japanese-Brazilian youths living in Japan.

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Japanese, Brazilian foreign ministers' meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto (R) and Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota shake hands at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on April 16, 2011, ahead of their meeting. Patriota said after the meeting that Brazil would study easing its current restrictions on food imports from Japan in accordance with future improvements in the situation at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Brazilian schools in Japan see drops in students amid recession

MAEBASHI, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 20 shows Japanese-Brazilian students at Brazilian school NER Maebashi in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture. Such schools in Japan have seen drops in students as the global recession started hitting provincial Japanese economies where many of the schools are located, forcing parents to give up or change jobs or return to their homes.

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Emperor visits Japanese-Brazilian communities in Gunma Pref.

OTA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L in center) and Empress Michiko (R in center) visit a foreign children's class on April 7 at a primary school in Ota, Gunma Prefecture, home to a large number of Brazilians of Japanese descent. The visit was arranged as part of the official commemoration of the centennial of Japanese emigration to Brazil. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits Japanese-Brazilian communities in Gunma Pref.

OTA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L in center) and Empress Michiko (R in center) visit a foreign children's class on April 7 at a primary school in Ota, Gunma Prefecture, home to a large number of Brazilians of Japanese descent. The visit was arranged as part of the official commemoration of the centennial of Japanese emigration to Brazil. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits Japanese-Brazilian communities in Gunma Pref.

OTA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C in background) and Empress Michiko (R in background) visit a foreign children's class on April 7 at a primary school in Ota, Gunma Prefecture, home to a large number of Brazilians of Japanese descent. The visit was arranged as part of the official commemoration of the centennial of Japanese emigration to Brazil. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits Japanese-Brazilian communities in Gunma Pref.

OTA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L) visit a foreign children's class on April 7 at a primary school in Ota, Gunma Prefecture, home to a large number of Brazilians of Japanese descent. The visit was arranged as part of the official commemoration of the centennial of Japanese emigration to Brazil. (Pool photo)

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Japanese-Brazilian starts publication with Brazilian appeal

MAEBASHI, Japan - Various free papers are available in front of a Brazilian restaurant in Ota, Gunma Prefecture, in February.

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Japanese-Brazilian admits to fleeing after hitting Japanese girl

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazilian Public Attorney Mario Sarrubo, who is in charge of the accusation, speaks at a press conference on Feb. 6 after the first court hearing on the case of Milton Noboru Higaki, a Japanese-Brazilian indicted over a hit-and-run accident in Japan. ''I am fully convinced that he is responsible for this crime,'' Sarrubo said.

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(2)2 Japanese-Brazilian brothers arrested for robbing gun

NAGOYA, Japan - Jorge Edgar de Souza Eguti, 26, one of two Japanese-Brazilians wanted by police on suspicion of robbing a police officer of a loaded gun, arrives at Tajimi Police Station in Gifu Prefecture, on June 5 after being arrested in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture.

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(1)2 Japanese-Brazilian brothers arrested for robbing gun

NAGOYA, Japan - Mauro de Souza Eguti, 22, one of two Japanese-Brazilians wanted by police on suspicion of robbing a police officer of a loaded gun, arrives at Tajimi Police Station in Gifu Prefecture, on June 5 after being arrested in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture.

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Firm ordered to pay compensation for firing HIV-positive man

CHIBA, Japan - An HIV-positive Japanese-Brazilian man (R, back to camera), who was dismissed by a plastic-processing firm following an HIV test in 1997, holds a press conference in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on June 12. Earlier in the day, the Chiba District Court ordered the company and a former director of a hospital in Chiba Prefecture to compensate the man, who is 35, saying his dismissal was based on a blood test conducted by the company and hospital without his approval. The court also ordered the dismissal be annulled.

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(1)2 Japanese-Brazilian brothers arrested for robbing gun

NAGOYA, Japan - Mauro de Souza Eguti, 22, one of two Japanese-Brazilians wanted by police on suspicion of robbing a police officer of a loaded gun, arrives at Tajimi Police Station in Gifu Prefecture, on June 5 after being arrested in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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(2)2 Japanese-Brazilian brothers arrested for robbing gun

NAGOYA, Japan - Jorge Edgar de Souza Eguti, 26, one of two Japanese-Brazilians wanted by police on suspicion of robbing a police officer of a loaded gun, arrives at Tajimi Police Station in Gifu Prefecture, on June 5 after being arrested in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Japanese Brazilian speaks to foreign worker as union official

Second-generation Japanese Brazilian Kenji Endo speaks with a foreign worker in Spanish at the office of Union Mie in Tsu in the western Japanese prefecture of Mie on May 11, 2015. Endo speaks four languages, including English and Japanese as well as his native tongue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese-Brazilian teaching soccer in Japan

Photo taken Dec. 15, 2015 in Kobe shows Masaru Nelson Matsubara, a second-generation Japanese Brazilian who teaches soccer for adults at a footsal court. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese-Brazilian hurdler aiming high in Rio Olympics

Photo taken Dec. 11, 2015, in Niiza, Saitama Prefecture, shows Mahau Sugimachi, a Japanese-Brazilian hurdler, at his team's track. Sugimachi will represent Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese-Brazilian woman eager to help Japan volleyball team at Rio

Photo taken Jan. 6, 2016 shows Megumi Kamizono (C), a Brazilian-Japanese woman serving as an interpreter for a men's volleyball team owned by Panasonic Corp., translating instructions by a Brazilian coach (2nd from L) during a practice in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese-Brazilian woman eager to help Japan volleyball team at Rio

Photo taken Jan. 6, 2016 shows Megumi Kamizono (R), a Brazilian-Japanese woman serving as an interpreter for a men's volleyball team owned by Panasonic Corp., talking with a Brazilian coach and a player during a practice in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Local governments increasing disaster drills for foreign residents

Photo taken Nov. 1, 2015, shows Satoshi Hagiwara (far R), a Japanese-Brazilian, participating with his family members in the first disaster drill for foreign residents held by the Takahama city government in Aichi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Flood-hit Japanese-Brazilian couple eat rice balls at shelter

Liliane Nagao (R), a 50-year-old Japanese-Brazilian, and her husband Sergio eat "onigiri" rice balls on Sept. 10, 2015, at an elementary school in Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, where they took shelter immediately after the disastrous flooding that hit the Kinu River basin. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese-Brazilian designs torch of 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics

Romy Hayashi, a third-generation Japanese-Brazilian seen in this undated photo, holds a sample torch designed by her for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor visits Japanese-Brazilian communities in Gunma Pref.

OTA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L in center) and Empress Michiko (R in center) visit a foreign children's class on April 7 at a primary school in Ota, Gunma Prefecture, home to a large number of Brazilians of Japanese descent. The visit was arranged as part of the official commemoration of the centennial of Japanese emigration to Brazil. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Emperor visits Japanese-Brazilian communities in Gunma Pref.

OTA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C in background) and Empress Michiko (R in background) visit a foreign children's class on April 7 at a primary school in Ota, Gunma Prefecture, home to a large number of Brazilians of Japanese descent. The visit was arranged as part of the official commemoration of the centennial of Japanese emigration to Brazil. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Emperor visits Japanese-Brazilian communities in Gunma Pref.

OTA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L in center) and Empress Michiko (R in center) visit a foreign children's class on April 7 at a primary school in Ota, Gunma Prefecture, home to a large number of Brazilians of Japanese descent. The visit was arranged as part of the official commemoration of the centennial of Japanese emigration to Brazil. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Emperor visits Japanese-Brazilian communities in Gunma Pref.

OTA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L) visit a foreign children's class on April 7 at a primary school in Ota, Gunma Prefecture, home to a large number of Brazilians of Japanese descent. The visit was arranged as part of the official commemoration of the centennial of Japanese emigration to Brazil. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Japanese-Brazilian starts publication with Brazilian appeal

MAEBASHI, Japan - Various free papers are available in front of a Brazilian restaurant in Ota, Gunma Prefecture, in February. (Kyodo)

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Japanese-Brazilian admits to fleeing after hitting Japanese girl

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazilian Public Attorney Mario Sarrubo, who is in charge of the accusation, speaks at a press conference on Feb. 6 after the first court hearing on the case of Milton Noboru Higaki, a Japanese-Brazilian indicted over a hit-and-run accident in Japan. ''I am fully convinced that he is responsible for this crime,'' Sarrubo said. (Kyodo)

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Japanese-Brazilian admits to fleeing after hitting Japanese girl

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Milton Noboru Higaki, a Japanese-Brazilian man indicted by Brazilian prosecutors in January over a hit-and-run accident in Japan, is surrounded by reporters on arrival at a Sao Paulo court on Feb. 6. He admitted during a court hearing to having fled after hitting a 16-year-old Japanese girl in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1999. (Kyodo)

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Japanese-Brazilian admits to fleeing after hitting Japanese girl

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Milton Noboru Higaki, a Japanese-Brazilian indicted by Brazilian prosecutors over a hit-and-run accident in Japan, speaks at a press conference after his first trial at a Sao Paulo state court on Feb. 6. He said he has apologized to the victim's family for killing Mayumi Ochiai, then 16. (Kyodo)

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Indicted Japanese-Brazilian offers apology to hit-and-run victim

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Milton Noboru Higaki, a Japanese-Brazilian man recently indicted by Brazilian prosecutors over a hit-and-run accident, poses for a photo during an interview with the Nikkey Shimbun (Jornal do Nikkey) newspaper on his way to work in Sao Paulo on Feb. 2. Higaki said he sincerely wants to apologize to the family of the 16-year-old Japanese girl killed in the accident. Photo was provided by Jornal do Nikkey. (Kyodo)

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Brazilian schools in Japan see drops in students amid recession

MAEBASHI, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 20 shows Japanese-Brazilian students at Brazilian school NER Maebashi in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture. Such schools in Japan have seen drops in students as the global recession started hitting provincial Japanese economies where many of the schools are located, forcing parents to give up or change jobs or return to their homes. (Kyodo)

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Japanese, Brazilian foreign ministers' meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto (R) and Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota shake hands at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on April 16, 2011, ahead of their meeting. Patriota said after the meeting that Brazil would study easing its current restrictions on food imports from Japan in accordance with future improvements in the situation at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)