This article provides some insights on the relationship between Nikkei Brazilians and local residents in Toyota City, the center of Japan's automobile industry. Tensions in the H housing complex surfaced from the time the Nikkeijin started residing in the complex in the late 1980s, and these escalated with the arrival of more Nikkeijin. The residents' associations had been instrumental in resolving the problems between the Nikkeijin and local residents. More active involvement by the local government, contract agencies, and the Housing Corporation and Prefectural Housing is needed to identify lasting solutions, as was the case in other cities, which also host a large number of Nikkeijin.
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