Next up on the Research Series, Alexandra Pullano, our Co-Project Coordinator, explores the dimensions and impacts of migration on the community and identity of Japanese-Brazilians.

[Research Series Posts: Pt.1, Pt.2, Pt.3]

The Japanese-Brazilian Return Migration Between the 1980s & the 1990s

Deciding on what to do my research essay on for the Symposium project was a difficult process since there are a number of interesting areas of Japanese culture, economics and politics to be discussed. I finally decided to focus on the Japanese-Brazilian return migration that began in the late 1980’s and continued with force into the 1990’s. With economic hardship in Brazil and an economic boom in Japan, many Japanese Brazilians decided to migrate to Japan; the country they considered to be their homeland, even if some had never been before. If you are like me, you have probably never heard of this migration and are unaware…