Just as in the early days of the Japanese community in the country, cafés and dry cleaners were prominent enterprises of the first immigrants, today, the emergence of important enterprises, after a harsh socioeconomic crisis such as that of 2001, reflects the validity of the entrepreneurial spirit in the Nikkei, which remains unchanged despite the passage of time and in the face of different situations experienced in Argentina. -- Just as in the early days of the Japanese community in the country, cafés and dry cleaners were prominent enterprises of the first immigrants, today, the emergence of important enterprises, after a harsh socioeconomic crisis such as that of 2001, reflects the validity of the entrepreneurial spirit in the Nikkei, which remains unchanged despite the passage of time and in the face of different situations experienced in Argentina.