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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    17 hours ago

    Americans with one Japanese parent. Raised in the US but spoke Japanese at home.

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    4 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”.

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