Ever since 1908 Japanese immigrants have been settling en masse in Brazil as farmers, and today they dominate the agricultural produce market to the extent that Brazilians say "if the Japanese go on strike, all Brazil will starve."
自西元一九○八年開始，日本人陸續地集體移民巴西，進行農業墾植，至今已掌握當地絕大部分農產品產銷，所謂「日本人罷工，全巴西挨餓」，即顯示日人勢力。