History of migration
FROM JAPAN TO PARAGUAY
The Japanese migratory flow to Paraguay, can be classified into 2 stages: aBefore and after World War II.
The first in the 30s and the second in the 50s.
This is the story of the second Japanese migration to Paraguay (postwar periodwar), told with photographs and,
expressed in words and feelings of the true protagonists; “the Issei" who arrived in South America through the port of Buenos Aires
and to Paraguay through the City of Encarnacion.
For better understanding:
They are the emigrants, of Japanese origin, and their descendants.
They are the first generation of immigrants born in Japan.
The Japanese migratory flow to Paraguay, can be classified into 2 stages: aBefore and after World War II.
The first in the 30s and the second in the 50s.
This is the story of the second Japanese migration to Paraguay (postwar periodwar), told with photographs and,
expressed in words and feelings of the true protagonists; “the Issei" who arrived in South America through the port of Buenos Aires
and to Paraguay through the City of Encarnacion.
For better understanding:
They are the emigrants, of Japanese origin, and their descendants.
They are the first generation of immigrants born in Japan.
The Nikkei are Japanese emigrants and their descendants, who have settled and created communities around the world.
Around 3 million Nikkei live around the world. Most of them live in America, where they have established families and communities. And, in the process, they have transformed themselves and the societies where they settled.
Currently in Paraguay, there are approximately 10.000 first, second, third and fourth generation Nikkei. Each generation has a denomination.
The Nikkei are Japanese emigrants and their descendants, who have settled and created communities around the world.
Around 3 million Nikkei live around the world. Most of them live in America, where they have established families and communities. And, in the process, they have transformed themselves and the societies where they settled.
Currently in Paraguay, there are approximately 10.000 first, second, third and fourth generation Nikkei. Each generation has a denomination.
