Brazil's Lula, 100-strong business delegation begin Japan visit

Appears nobody too interested in Brazil these days on JT, but they do have a new hotshot tennis star, Fonseca, who just may be the next BIG thing in tennis!

Seems Japan could easily promote far more work visas for Brazilians, seems like a win: win for all

Okay hold up here, the president of BRAZIL attacking protectionism? Have any of you seen the astronomical tariffs Brazil places on foreign products, even for those that don't have domestic substitutes?

How an article about a Brazilian president and business delegation to Japan has 4 mentions of China is simply bizarre.

Seems Japan could easily promote far more work visas for Brazilians, seems like a win: win for all

They tried that about 15 years ago. It was a lose-lose. The government had to pay each one $3000 to go home and never return. This ain't a Western country!

Brazil has the largest Japanese community outside Japan, 2 million of Japanese descendants live in Brazil, here in Japan there are more than two hundred thousand of Brazilians, thousands of young Brazilians who never went to Brazil - These young Brazilians educated in Japan are a tremendous workforce to boost cultural and business between Brazil and Japan. Brazilian chicken meat is sold in most Japanese supermarkets, there is much more than chicken meat from Brazil, there is beef, pork, soy, corn, coffee, fruits, iron, aluminum, precious stones, etc. Japan has been financing large projects in Brazil as it is a strategic country to supply food and biofuel. Japan loves AÇAÍ , native fruit from the Amazon region.