Japan - Latin AMerican Relations during World War II

[Silent_Hunter]

Do you have information about Japan - Latin American relations during World War II

[magantosh]

Do you have information about Japan - Latin American relations during World War II

i don't know, but it is interesting.


looking forward to see sth

[ronnieraygun]

For what it's worth, there has been a large ethnic Japanese presence in Latin America since the late 1800s. This presence has been particularly large in Peru and Brazil, for example. As far as I know, this presence influenced somewhat cordial relations between Peru and Japan during WW2, until 1942 or so. At or around that time, US pressure caused Peru to stop relations with Japan. This happened with other Latin American nations, as well - it was all part of a treaty/agreement that Latin American nations signed at that time with the US. A lot of ethnic Japanese in Latin America were interned as a result of the agreement, similar to how Nikkei were treated in the USA as "enemy aliens." In terms of more specific military and political arrangements during WW2, I could not really help. Perhaps you can try google. There had been trade and immigration before the war, but I suppose it was influenced by hemispheric pressures with the US agreement. It returned after the war and Japanese investment was quite large in Latin American until at least the '80s.

[ronnieraygun]

I think the bare-bones narrative on political relations can be found at exordio.com



Ecuador:

broke relations with Japan in 1942.

Argentina:

las políticas de Washington relacionadas con el Eje, impidiendo así que Washington impusiera políticas continentales de manera conjunta, en contra de Alemania, Italia y Japón
Un cónsul argentino es descubierto en labores de espionaje a favor de El Eje, por servicios de inteligencia de Estados Unidos e Inglaterra. Washington presiona al presidente Ramírez obligándolo a romper relaciones con Alemania, Italia y Japón, hecho que finalmente ocurre el 26 de enero de 1944.
Ante la inminencia del fin de la guerra en Europa y Asia, pese a que los partidos políticos se mantienen proscritos, la oposición contra el gobierno militar comienza a aumentar. Para los argentinos, es seguro que la finalización del conflicto causará grandes cambios en la vida nacional. El gobierno argentino se ve obligado a declarar la guerra a Alemania y a Japón a fines de marzo, cuando la contienda está terminando. Es un gesto vergonzoso para muchos argentinos, pero obligada por las circunstancias, Argentina se ve forzada a firmar el Acta de Chapultepec, para integrarse a la firma de la constitución de las Naciones Unidas en san Francisco.


Peru:


Durante esos años, el gobierno de Prado inició la represión contra los ciudadanos japoneses y niseis peruanos. Siguiendo las órdenes de Roosevelt, el gobierno de Prado detuvo y deportó a los súbditos japoneses residentes en el Perú y sus hijos peruanos, los cuales fueron transportados en las bodegas de barcos mercantes a Campos de Concentración en Estados Unidos, donde hicieron compañía a los residentes japoneses y miles de ciudadanos de ascendencia japonesa de ese país. Los bienes de las prósperas familias japonesas peruanas deportadas fueron incautados por el gobierno de Prado. En el Perú, fueron detenidas 25 mil personas que junto a un enorme grupo de más de 100 mil personas, esperaba el gobierno de EEUU poder canjear por prisioneros de guerra estadounidenses, aunque la razón oficial esgrimida por Washington era "la seguridad del Canal de Panamá". El 14 de abril de 1942, fueron detenidos y deportados a EEUU, los diplomáticos japoneses acreditados en la Embajada de Japón en Lima. En 1943 un segundo grupo de 800 japoneses fue metido en las bodegas de un barco mercante y enviado a los Campos de Concentración en Estados Unidos.
Al finalizar la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el gobierno de Prado no aceptó el regreso de los japoneses deportados y muchos fueron enviados a Japón, junto a otras decenas de miles de japoneses procedentes de los campos de concentración de EEUU. La mayoría de los niseis peruanos que permanecían en EEUU, se encontraban en un callejón sin salida pues, en el Perú, su país de nacimiento, no los recibían, y EEUU no les otorgaba residencia. Muchos peruanos y de otras nacionalidades, aceptaron ser enviados a Japón, sin conocer la tierra de sus antepasados y sin hablar japonés. Años después, algunos relataron que padecieron pobreza y hambre en el país devastado por la guerra.
Pero 365 peruanos de origen japonés combatieron la deportación con ayuda de un abogado que abrazó su causa, relata "Years of Infamy: The Untold Story of America's Concentration Camps" (Años de Infamia: La Historia desconocida de los Campos de Concentración en EEUU), de Michi Nishiura Weglyn. Sin embargo, hasta 1947, dos años después de la rendición japonesa, todavía existían los Campos de Concentración en Estados Unidos.

[Silent_Hunter]

Do you have information about Latin American volunteer in Japanese Army during World War II

[6WMD9]

Do you have information about Latin American volunteer in Japanese Army during World War II

well theres that ( large presence of japs are in peru and in brazil) that may tell u something. but yet i dont have any info

[Silent_Hunter]

Thanks, Please show pic of Latin AMerican volunteer in Japanese Army during World War II

[magantosh]

For what it's worth, there has been a large ethnic Japanese presence in Latin America since the late 1800s. This presence has been particularly large in Peru and Brazil, for example. As far as I know, this presence influenced somewhat cordial relations between Peru and Japan during WW2, until 1942 or so. At or around that time, US pressure caused Peru to stop relations with Japan. This happened with other Latin American nations, as well - it was all part of a treaty/agreement that Latin American nations signed at that time with the US. A lot of ethnic Japanese in Latin America were interned as a result of the agreement, similar to how Nikkei were treated in the USA as "enemy aliens." In terms of more specific military and political arrangements during WW2, I could not really help. Perhaps you can try google. There had been trade and immigration before the war, but I suppose it was influenced by hemispheric pressures with the US agreement. It returned after the war and Japanese investment was quite large in Latin American until at least the '80s.

thanx, i try to find sth in google~

[Bandeirante]

Japanese immigration to Brazil started in 1908.
The peak was in 1917-1935- 160.000
75% to São Paulo State. Rural first, then urban.
Japanese community in Brazil in the Second World War was about 200.000.
In the Second World War Japanese language was forbidden, Japanese schools and associations were closed and all Japanese were retired from the Atlantic Ports.
Restrictions to movement, nationalization and control of the big German, Italian and Japanese immigrant-communities in Second World War Brazil.
Brazil sent troops (1ª DI - FEB) to Italy
The major problem was after the Allied Victory. Radical members of the Japanese community created Shindo Renmei, a secret organization and tried to pass away the idea that Japan had not lost the war. Shindo Renmei killed 23 people in 1946-1947. Brazilian Government crackdowned the organization with 30.000 investigated Japanese people, 300 were arrested and 80 deported back to Japan.
Nowadays there are 1.500.000 Brazilians of Japanese origin in Brazil, about 10% born in Japan. Only 15 % can speak Japanese. 250.000 Brazilians, sons and grandsons of Japanese immigrants are in Japan, Many go and come back to Brazil, in a real intercontinental bridge between Brazil and Japan.

Corações Sujos _ Book - Fernando Morais ISBN 8535900748
Story about a nationalist cult that terrified the Japanese immigrants in Brazil. The talented, intelligent and awarded journalist, Fernando Moraes, who wrote “Chatô” and “Olga” returns to another great real story that surprise only few people knew about.
After a meticulous research from documents to trips and hundreds of interviews, Mr Moraes tells us about the cult Shindo Renmei, during one of the most effervescent times in our history - the participation of Brazil in World War II, the end of the dictatorship up to the Constitution of 1946. Jabuti Award 2001.

Being "Japanese" in Brazil and Okinawa
http://www.jpri.org/publications/occasionalpapers/op13.html