Revival of the Ryukyu Diplomacy through Uchinanchu Abroad! Alternatives to the Issue of Relocation of the US Military Base to Henoko—Part 2

Masayuki Fukasawa

Thousands of People from Brazil and Hawaii Gather for This Huge Event

Revival of the Ryukyu Diplomacy through Uchinanchu Abroad! Alternatives to the Issue of Relocation of the US Military Base to Henoko—Part 1

Masayuki Fukasawa

Acrobats who Performed in South America in the Early Meiji Period: Who Was the First Japanese to Reside in Brazil?—Part 2

Masayuki Fukasawa

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Acrobats who Performed in South America in the Early Meiji Period: Who Was the First Japanese to Reside in Brazil?—Part 1

Masayuki Fukasawa

The first Japanese to step foot in Brazil were the four castaways on Wakamiya-maru who arrived at Santa Catalina Island in 1803 by Russian warship. But they simply passed by.

Brazil's Nikkei Shimbun to cease publication in December - President Raul Castro, who supported the Japanese language newspaper for 40 years - Part 2

Masayuki Fukasawa

Read Part 1 >> A second-generation CEO who pioneered the Portuguese-language newspaper market When it comes to the domestic Brazilian market, the key to a newspaper's survival is revitalizing its Portuguese-language pages. The first Portuguese language magazine, Revista Arigatô, created by Paulista Newspaper (then president Paulo Ogawa), ceased publication in …

Brazil's Nikkei Shimbun to cease publication in December - President Raul Castro, who supported the Japanese language newspaper for 40 years - Part 1

Masayuki Fukasawa

On page 2 of the November 18, 2021 issue of the Nikkei Shimbun, President Raul Takagi announced that the newspaper would cease publication with the December 18 issue. It is unfortunate, but the newspaper (Nikkei Shimbun) will close in just one month. When we asked Kazusuke Shiraishi, former president of …

The History of Japanese Immigration to Hawaii and Its Connection with Brazil - Part 2

Masayuki Fukasawa

Read Part 1 >> There were also Japanese people who had been living in the area since before the Gannenmono One thing I found interesting while reading "History of Immigration to Hawaii" was the passage that states that when the first Japanese immigrants to Hawaii, the "gannenmono," arrived in Honolulu …

The History of Japanese Immigration to Hawaii and Its Connection with Brazil - Part 1

Masayuki Fukasawa

Suddenly, a friend in Japan sent me a copy of “History of Japanese Immigration to Hawaii 1868-1952” (published in 2020 by Kawasaki Hisashi, Director of the Hawaii Immigration History Museum, Nihoshimamura, 3,800 yen, hereafter referred to as “History of Japanese Immigration to Hawaii”). I was surprised because I thought postal …

The deep relationship between postwar immigration and war in Brazil as seen through personal histories

Masayuki Fukasawa

Brazil, which currently boasts the world's largest Japanese community at 2 million, also began with 250,000 Japanese immigrants, about 50,000 of whom were postwar immigrants. The biggest characteristic of the postwar generation is that there are many "war veterans" and "former Manchurian immigrants or people born in Manchuria." There have …

Japanese slaves and Jews who came to South America in the 16th century - Part 2

Masayuki Fukasawa

Read Part 1 >> The owner of the Asian Japanese youth is also a New Christian. Looking back, it is highly likely that the owner of the young Japanese man who was sold as a slave in Argentina in 1596, the subject of my column "Uncovering the Mystery of Japanese …