Japanese Paraguayans (; , Nikkei Paraguaijin; Guarani: Hapõ-paraguaigua) are Paraguayans of Japanese ethnicity.
Religion First-generation Japanese Paraguayans were generally followers of Shinto and Buddhism. The first Japanese settlers at La Colmena brought a piece of stone from the Ise Shrine which was gazetted as a monument mark the settlement's founding. Japanese religious festivals were celebrated within the first few decades among the first and second-generation Japanese settlers and in the late 1960s, a majority identified themselves with the Buddhist and Shinto faiths. Conversion to Roman Catholic Christianity increased from the late 1970s onwards.Masterson/Funada-Classen (2004), p. 103
Education In Asunción, there are the Japanese international school: Colegio Japonés en Asunción (アスンシオン日本人学校 Asunshion Nihonjin Gakkō),Home page . Colegio Japonés en Asunción. Retrieved on January 15, 2015. "住所 Perenciolo Merlo esq. Cnel. Alejo Silva Casilla de Correo N°2404 Asuncion, Paraguay" and the Paraguayan-Japanese Center, which promotes Japanese culture in Paraguay and develops intercultural activities with the two countries and the Paraguayan-Japanese financial brokerage company; in Encarnación, the Japanese Association of Encarnación, Asociación Japonesa de Encarnación; and in Ciudad del Este, the Japanese Association of the East Asociación Japonesa del Este and the Escuela Japonesa de Ciudad del Este Primary School.
Notable people Mitsuhide Tsuchida, footballer Eduardo Nakayama, politician.
See also Japan–Paraguay relations Japanese diaspora Immigration to Paraguay
References
Bibliography Masterson, Daniel M. and Sayaka Funada-Classen. (2004), The Japanese in Latin America: The Asian American Experience. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. ;
External links Migration Historical Overview - Paraguay