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Many Japanese were(and are)descended from Africans, 5% is 1/2 black and 20% 1/4
Portuguese traders brought over a LOT of African slaves and because of how they were viewed as exotic, local daimyos even had them as concubines. They were mostly kept as concubines or wives by the merchant class however. Seeing how influential the merchants were in later Japan, there were more & more. Portuguese traders kept bringing them over, and the Japanese kept breeding with the African women.
This lead to there being a large minority of black Japanese.
Portuguese traders brought over a LOT of African slaves and because of how they were viewed as exotic, local daimyos even had them as concubines. They were mostly kept as concubines or wives by the merchant class however. Seeing how influential the merchants were in later Japan, there were more & more. Portuguese traders kept bringing them over, and the Japanese kept breeding with the African women.
This lead to there being a large minority of black Japanese.