COPANI & KNT (2007)
Chile and Japanese Migration - Part 2

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The Unique Japanese Community in Chile
The descriptor, “Japanese community in Chile,” does not appear to be an aphorism that does not correspond with Chilean reality. In Chile there never was, nor has been a “Japanese community” like that found in Peru, Brazil, Mexico, or in other countries where there was official emigration. The opportunities that these Japanese emigrants found in Chile did not allow for the formation of a Japanese “conglomerate” that could achieve cohesion and permanence. The closest they ever came to such a concept was achieved by small groups of two or three families that ...