2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The first Japanese community in the State of Para (North of Brazil)
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18K00907
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 03010:Historical studies in general-related
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| Research Institution | Kanda University of International Studies (2020)
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (2018-2019) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
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| Keywords | Brazil Para |
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| Outline of Final 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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| Free Research Field |
History
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
All this information will be useful in order to produce a chronological map of the Japanese immigration in the Belem do Para and to identify the process of adaptation and assimilation of these communities in the Brazilian society.
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