JAPANESE BRAZILIANS CARRY ON JAPAN'S CULTURE IN SONGブラジル版の“紅白歌合戦”

Japanese Brazilians have demonstrated their skills singing Japanese songs at an annual event inspired by NHK's year-end music festival. The 26th Grand Kouhaku singing contest took place in Sao Paulo on Sunday. The event is aimed at passing on Japanese songs and culture to younger generations. Brazil has the world's largest population of people of Japanese descent outside of Japan. This year, 64 contestants, ranging from five to over 80 years old, took part. The singers included some who had won karaoke contests in Brazil.

(Ebihara Tadao / Organizer) “The number of people in the first generation is gradually decreasing. But there are many young people who love Japanese culture, and we'd like to pass it on to them.”

 ◆pass on  引き継ぐ 

 ◆people of Japanese ～系の（祖先を持つ）人々 

 ◆ range from A to B   （物事などの幅が）ＡからＢに及ぶ、ＡとＢまでの幅がある」 

 ◆in the first generation 「（日系人の）第１世代