Portugal took over Brazil as a colony. This is why most people in Brazil speak Portuguese. In fact, at one point, the country was actually ruled from Rio de Janeiro.
No. Japan has always been an independent nation.
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The European nation who takes credit for discovering the already inhabited land area currently known as Brazil was Portugal.
Portugal's Pedro Alvarez Cabral was the first European to explore Brazil (April 22nd1500). Brazil remained a Portuguese colony until she gained independence almost three centuries later (September 7th 1822).
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Yes. Mali is a former French colony.