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Emi Kasamatsu


Emi Kasamatsu is a Paraguayan Nisei, a researcher on Japanese immigration and gender, a graduate of the Bachelor of Arts and a Master's in Gender and Development from the National University of Asunción. Abroad, she took courses in Applied Anthropology; Research Methodology; Governance and Leadership; Social Feminist Economy; Ethics, Social Capital and Development; and Care Economy. She belonged to INRP (International Nikkei Research project). She gave numerous lectures on these topics.

Publications: Japanese Presence in Paraguay ; History of the Pan-American Nikkei Association ; Life Path in Bushido ; Evocations . In group: Encyclopedia of Japanese descent in America; New worlds, New lives; “When the East arrived in the Americas”; “Bicentennial of the independence of Paraguay (1811-2021)” and has appeared in numerous anthologies.

Distinctions: Decoration of the Rising Sun with Gold and Silver Rays, Red Cross of Japan, Academic of the Paraguayan Academy of History, Honorary President of the PEN Paraguay Center. Ambassador of Kagawa.

Last updated November 2024


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Japanese immigration to Paraguay: 70-year trajectory

Nov. 4, 2006 • Emi Kasamatsu

Japanese immigration to the Americas dates back to 1868 in Hawaii, where they moved as braziers on sugar cane plantations. Since then, the existence of the Japanese and Nikkei can be confirmed, reaching a total of about 2,400,000 people in more than fifteen countries throughout the continent.Undoubtedly settling in a strange place with diametrically opposed languages ​​and cultures and very informal working conditions would have been a tremendous disadvantage for the Japanese. Some tried to return to their country, however …

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