After A Century, The Return
One hundred years ago, on June 18, 1908, the Japanese ship Kasato Maru, which had left from Kobe three months earlier, reached the wharf of the port of Santos (Brazil, 60 kilometers south of São Paulo). Seven hundred ninety-one Japanese farmers got off the boat. They were the first group of immigrants who had come to Brazil following an agreement between the governments. That little group put down solid roots. According to statistics compiled by the Nikkei Association (Japanese naturalized in foreign countries), today there are 1.6 million Japanese-Brazilians in Brazil, 62% of all the Japanese naturalized abroad.
Pino Cazzaniga | Asianews
