This week, we’re headed south to take a look at Nikkei communities in Brazil and Peru.
Listen to the episode here.
Sources
Masterson, Daniel et al. The Japanese in Latin America.
Dresner, Jonathan. Japanese Diasporas: Unsung Pasts, Conflicting Presents, and Uncertain Futures.
An article from NACLA on Nikkeijin and the legacy of Alberto Fujimori.
A Reuters article on Brazilian Nikkeijin.
Images
![s1.reutersmedia](https://historyofjapan.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/s1-reutersmedia.jpg)
![Família_Japonesa_em_Bastos_1930](https://historyofjapan.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/famc3adlia_japonesa_em_bastos_1930.jpg)
![220px-Affiche_émigration_JP_au_BR-déb._XXe_s.](https://historyofjapan.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/220px-affiche_c3a9migration_jp_au_br-dc3a9b-_xxe_s.jpg)
![Commerce_japonais,_São_Paulo-années_1940](https://historyofjapan.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/commerce_japonais_sc3a3o_paulo-annc3a9es_1940.jpg)
![Japanese_Workers_in_Coffee_Sieving](https://historyofjapan.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/japanese_workers_in_coffee_sieving.jpg)
![10504067dea04d301680d2a261be6305](https://historyofjapan.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/10504067dea04d301680d2a261be6305.jpg)
![1024px-Alberto_Fujimori_October_1998](https://historyofjapan.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/1024px-alberto_fujimori_october_1998.jpg)
![800px-Keiko_Fujimori_2](https://historyofjapan.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/800px-keiko_fujimori_2.jpg)
An update: Alberto Fujimori has been released from prison. It’s a pretty weird situation but basically the current president, Pedro Kuczynski, was facing an impeachment proceedings initiated by Keiko. Her brother, Kenji who is also a Fujimorista in congress organized 9 other members of the party to vote against impeachment. Allegedly, Kenji agreed to vote no on impeachment in exchange for a “humanitarian pardon.” Kuczynski, of course, denies this but it doesn’t really look good.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/02/01/peru-revoke-fujimori-pardon