Japanese Immigration To Brazil Research Paper

Jairo Burgos
AP World History
Migration: Italy to Argentina & Japan to Brazil Foreigners and Immigrants throughout history have determined the future for most of today's countries; specially Brazil and Argentina. From the late 1800s to the present, immigrants from Japan and from Italy have shaped today's Brazil and Argentina. The causes and effects of migration from both of these countries weren't that different from each other; migrants from Japan and Italy were in a search for a better life, and these migrants built Argentina's and Brazil's present. Even though migration from Japan and Italy to Brazil and Argentina were very similar, they still had a significant difference; the location of the migrants settlements. As the agricultural depression in Italy took place in the late 1870s, Italians started looking for new opportunities to make money. After analyzing their options they decided it was best for some to migrate to Argentina in search for a better future. Before the agricultural depression there were approximately 100,000 migrants from Italy to Argentina; while after and during this depression there
In Brazil, migrants from Japan chose to settle near the Amazon, while migrants from Italy in Argentina chose to settle in the big cities, specially Buenos Aires. The reason for this is that while most Italians in Argentina became industry workers, most Japanese in Brazil became cotton field workers. It is obvious that industries are located in the biggest cities of any country, while cotton fields are located where the land is fertile, and this land turned out to be near the Amazon. This turned out to become very significant in the present because without Japanese choosing to settle near the Amazon, then this land would be even more precarious than what it is