Hope, love and values: 110 years of Japanese migration to Brazil

As a child arriving in Brazil, a wide-eyed Eiki Shimabukuro found himself captivated: "I had never seen so many foreigners," he remembers

Neither had they.

In Brazil, If the deep divisions between the rich and poor don’t shock you, then the high crime rates will....

In Brazil, If the deep divisions between the rich and poor don’t shock you, then the high crime rates will...

They are obviously related...

"I had never seen so many foreigners," he remembers with a smile.

Comedy gold.

"In Brazil, we have a lot to learn from Japan, in terms of honesty, ethics and morale," he says.

Nihon Sugoi!

"I identify more with Brazil," she says. "It's the country that opened all doors for me."

Yep, all the people are Brazilian regardless of colour or religion.

one of which uses a Japanese method to help children with autism.

I wonder what that is? All in all, this article is a lovely puff piece that fails to even remotely scratch the surface of the Japanese diaspora in South America.

Most would have been a lot better off if they stayed at home.

Immigration is a bad idea in a quite a few cases, history shows us.The Japanese who went to the Dominican Republic suffered awful abuse and hardship.

It was not an emigration but was desertion and redution of hungry citizens.

Hope, love and values: 110 years of Japanese migration to Brazil-The title explain everything what was that 110 years. Japan changed a lot in these 110 years to explain their "saudade" of old times, that is now inexplicable.

'And one thing Japan need to learn is that they fled the misery by taking refuge in other countries, and when its their turn to return this favor to humanity, the accept 11 applicants out of 2200.

According to information on wikipedia about Japanese Brazilians, those Japanese were not humanitarian immigrants. They were cheap labors as a result of the decrease in the Italian immigration to Brazil and a new labor shortage on the coffee plantations.

I am not trying to defend Japan's action on refugees, just stating the facts.

Nice article. Having to been to Brasil, Bolivia and Peru, I've witnessed the positive values the Japanese people have brought to those countries......that is, in the communities where there are Japanese presence.

As a child arriving in Brazil, a wide-eyed Eiki Shimabukuro found himself captivated: "I had never seen so many foreigners," he remembers with a smile. 

Reminds me of a time when I was having lunch with a Japanese friend in a Los Angeles restaurant. We overheard a group of Japanese businessmen from Japan complaining about the "gaijn", completely oblivious to the fact that THEY were the gaijin in the U.S.

"In Brazil, we have a lot to learn from Japan, in terms of honesty, ethics and morale," he says. "There are very positive values we could incorporate here."

I have noted the Japanese in Brasil, Bolivia, Peru and even in the U.S., have learned not to consider non-Japanese as "gaijins", and instead are less prejudiced toward non-Japanese people and have a more global outlook than their mainland Japanese cousins.

I would say the Japanese in Japan have much to learn from their Japanese cousins abroad.