A lot of Japanese people who were considered "dishonored" or "disgraced" were essentially exiled after WWII. Peru was popular because they have a lot of the same industry as Japan and weren't a combatant.
South America allowed massive japanese immigration after ww2 because they wanted people to convert the forests into farmable lands and Japan had excessive poor people the government struggled to support
Nothing against Peru but I wonder how so many Japanese people ended up in Peru
A lot of Japanese people who were considered "dishonored" or "disgraced" were essentially exiled after WWII. Peru was popular because they have a lot of the same industry as Japan and weren't a combatant.
This is completely new to me. Were these imperials from the overthrown regime?
A lot of them were captured/surrendered military men. Toyota SA used to essentially be a IJA/IJN reunion club.
Same, I'm kinda embarrassed not knowing but glad to learn something so unknown to me
South America allowed massive japanese immigration after ww2 because they wanted people to convert the forests into farmable lands and Japan had excessive poor people the government struggled to support
That's fascinating. I've never heard about this part of history.