2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Political stance of Japanese immigrants in Alianca, Brazil from the1930s through the 1970s

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23720150
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Literature in English
Research Institution	Nihon University
Principal Investigator	MAKINO Rie 日本大学, 商学部, 准教授 (10459852)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2012
Keywords	日系移民 / アジア系アメリカ文学 / ブラジル / アメリカ / 日本 / 第二次世界大戦
Research Abstract	This study explored the political stance of Japanese immigrants in the Alianca district of Brazil from the 1930s through the 1970s. It particularly focused on the first generation of these immigrants, who established immigrant colonies in Brazil during the period of Japanese imperialism and shared the founders’ form of Christianity. The research included collecting and analyzing historical documents regarding Isamu Yuba, the founder of Comunidade Yuba, who neither belonged to Japan nor Brazil under US influence during and after WWII. This study presented a transnational perception of Isamu Yuba and shed light on the current immigrant studies in Japan, the United States, and Brazil.