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Fukashi Sugimura was a Japanese diplomat and the ambassador of Brazilian-Japanese relations. He focused on having good relations with countries where there was potential for trade and job opportunities for the Japanese people. He also helped in the acceptance of Japanese people within Brazil and Brazilian culture. He was able to offer a report to the Japanese government in order to regularise and popularise migration. -
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However, in the year 1934, Brazil passed a law (Decree-Law No. 19,482), making the entry of Japanese immigrants more difficult and restricting it; this causes a rise in xenophobia.
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Japanese immigrants start to integrate Brazil more and to integrate economically. More Japanese immigrants were beginning to rise in the business owners and to own more businesses and farms. This causes for around 100,000 Japanese -
He was an important figure as he was both a supporter and a regressor of Japanese immigration in Brazil. He was the Brazilian president of the time and was very supportive of the immigration and welcoming Japanese immigrants as it was more hands for production of many goods in the country. The war however set him back in his positive -
During this time there was a rise in prejudice towards Japanese people and Brazilians of Japanese descent. The Japanese language and any event or gathering surrounding Japanese culture was banned by president Getùlio Vargas. At the end of the war, this sentiment and the ban of immigration was released, allowing the Japanese from coming and a flux of Japanese immigrants came into the country (around 188,000).
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Although it is the end of the war and the Japanese have lost, the relations between Japan and Brazil remain very tense as Japan is rebuilding their country’s damage.
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The relations between the two countries improve drastically; this drastically improves cooperation and trade between the two countries. There is great opportunity for work in Brazil, there is a flourishing economy and Japan is starting to invest more in Brazil due to previous positive experiences and an improvement in their relationship.
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There is a signing of "Treaty of Peace with Japan", officially ending the war and tensions between the two countries.
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There was the establishment of the Brazil/Japan Chamber of Commerce, which was the highlight of the contribution that Japanese-Brazilians brought to Brazil. The integration of Japanese-Brazilians was then more and more accepted as they brought art, culinary knowledge and customs, language and music to brazil, enriching the cultural aspect of the country. -
They were integrated and sought more cooperative communities so they can contribute to both of the countries development. -
The aim of this agreement is at the economic development of Brazil through the use of Japanese skills and labour, in recognition of the need to coordinate cooperation between the two countries in immigration and to organise it in a manner consistent with their respective interests, with the aim of implementing appropriate policies in the spirit of international cooperation, which will strengthen the traditional bonds of friendship between the two countries. -
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Japanese businesses started to invest Brazil
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Nobuo Oguchi, then Consul General of Sao Paulo, was kidnapped. The kidnappers demanded that the five political prisoners be given asylum in Mexico, and the Brazilian government accepted their request. The consul general was safely released on March 15 of the same year when the released political prisoners arrived in Mexico. -
the very last South America immigration ship “Nippon-maru” left Yokohama port. After that airplane became a major transportation to immigrate -
Memorial ceremony in Japan, memorial stamp, monument, and made Japanese style garden in Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro -
This was set during the summit in 2005. They discussed the ideal relationship between Japan and Brazil and selected feasible concrete priorities to revitalize the partnership. -
Memorial ceremony, memorial coins, special exhibition -
The two leaders engaged in discussions regarding investment and cooperation in trade, energy transition, sustainable agriculture and land reclamation. At the conclusion of the bilateral meeting, 38 memorandums of cooperation were signed.