Is there a Japanese equivalent to what I'm looking for? (nord.pub)

submitted 3 days ago by satsunami@nord.pub to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] ArseAssassin@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

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

[-] thermogel@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago

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 points 3 days ago

Thanks :)

this post was submitted on 01 Sep 2026

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