That population is concentrated in the industrial seaside town of hamamatsu in western japan , currently 19000 strong , having swollen from only 1500 in 1990 .

这些人口集中在日本西部沿海的工业城镇滨松，从1990年仅有的1500人，迅速膨胀至目前的逾1.9万人。

But the city office in hamamatsu , the carmaker 's headquarters , estimates that nearly half of the 27000 workers at its suzuki factory here are of brazilian descent .

但铃木总部所在地日本滨松的市政府估计，在铃木工厂里的2.7万名工人中，近一半人是巴西籍。

In hamamatsu city , south of tokyo , demand for foreign workers is shrinking so fast that a brazilian school which had 180 students in 2002 closed down at the end of december ; its numbers had fallen to 30 .

在东京北边的滨松市，对外国工人的需求下降得如此之快，以至于一家巴西人学校在11月底被关闭了；这家学校在2002年拥有180名学生，后来下降为30人。