2020 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
The first Japanese community in the State of Para (North of Brazil)
| Project/Area Number |
18K00907
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| Research Institution | Kanda University of International Studies |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
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| Keywords | Brazil - Pará |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In the course of this academic research I answered the following key scientific questions: Who were the first Japanese families to reach Belem do Para?; What kind of contacts did they have with the indigenous communities there?; Can we divide in chronological periods the Japanese Diaspora in Belem do Para?; Was this a large-scale immigration or short-scale immigration?; Was it a gradual immigration?; What is the geographical origin in Japan of the Japanese Immigrants?; How were these families composed?; Were the immigrants predominantly male, as happened at the same time with the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese immigrants in Brazil?; What economic activities did these families engage in?; What were the reasons why these immigrants specific economic activities?; What is the role of education in the rise of the most important Japanese families in the rural areas of Belem do Para?
The results are still being analyzed and will be gradually published in the next few years.
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