Is there a Japanese equivalent to what I'm looking for?

Basically, making a story that takes place in Japan and I want two twin girls to be in the story. These twin girls speak Japanese but are not from Japan and I would make them, say, English if it were in the USA or Portuguese if it were in Brazil, but Japanese is only really spoken in one country. I suppose there are, however, other countries with a large Japanese-speaking population. Maybe they could be Japanese-Brazilians? Grew up with the Japanese language and all, just born and raised in Brazil and came to Japan later in life?

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thermogel@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 11d (1 reply)

Well Japan has never been colonized, but you could represent a country that excerted foreign influence, maybe? Although thay relation wouldnt be as direct as - "Straight up colonized".

satsunami@nord.pub · 1 pts · 11d

Thanks :)

ArseAssassin@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 11d

You could make them part of a diplomatic family? Or a mission? Anything that requires you to live abroad for years, really.

Soapbox@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 7d

Americans with one Japanese parent. Raised in the US but spoke Japanese at home.