A Brazilian government panel plans to discuss in July whether the federal government will offer an apology for the persecution of Japanese immigrants by Brazil during and after World War II.
A group of Japanese-Brazilians with ties to Okinawa Prefecture told a news conference in Sao Paulo on Tuesday that the advisory panel would hold a meeting on the topic in Brasilia on July 25. The group seeks an apology.
If the federal government apologizes, it will be its first over the country's treatment of Japanese immigrants.
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