Why are there so many Japanese people in South America?

During the Meiji era of Japan, many people from Japan had left their homeland and travelled to (mostly) Brazil, Peru, and Mexico due to the drastic cultural, social and political shifts in Japan at this time. read more

During the Meiji era of Japan, many people from Japan had left their homeland and travelled to (mostly) Brazil, Peru, and Mexico due to the drastic cultural, social and political shifts in Japan at this time. At first, the Japanese diaspora (Known to native Japanese as nikkei) had traveled to the United States and Canada. read more

Most Japanese men married local women. Today, there are about 160,000 people of Japanese descent living in Peru, The majority are descendants of pre-war immigrants. Unlike many other countries in Latin America, most Japanese immigrants did not settle on farms and plantations in Peru. read more

Many Chinese sold their products by peddling and eventually became shop owners, retailing many of the products they themselves produced. JAPANESE. Although there is a Japanese presence in a number of South American countries, Brazil stands out because it received approximately 260,000 Japanese immigrants between 1908 and 1978. read more