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It has been 120 years since diplomatic relations between Japan and Brazil were established in 1895.…

Asako Sakamoto • July 22, 2015

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Japanese society in the Amazon jungle

Visit the tropical city of Manaus

"It happened! It happened! It really happened!" It was May 2010 and I was at the JICA Yok…

Toshimi Tsuruta • June 23, 2015

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Japanese Community in the Amazon

Part 1: Prologue

Last August, I was assigned to the Northern Brazil Japanese Language Promotion Center in Belem, Par…

Asako Sakamoto • June 3, 2015

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Shoichi Ban and the postwar Japanese government's immigration policy

If the name Shoichi Ban rings a bell, you may be familiar with the relationship between Japan and m…

Takamichi "Taka" Go • March 18, 2015

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太鼓指導員　蓑輪敏泰さんに聞く

7年間で26万キロ＝文化としての和太鼓伝え JICAシニアボランティアや、ブラジル太鼓協会の依頼により約7年間ブラジルで和太鼓指導にあたった蓑輪敏泰さん（65、宮崎県）が11月1日に任期を終え帰国す…

Asami Kojima • March 5, 2014

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Japanese people beyond the Andes

リベラルタのニッポン人（４）　－麻生　直衡－

43歳。沖縄県出身。那覇市在住の頃、友人であるペルー出身の日系家族と共にボランティアグループに参加していたときに、偶然何かで「リベラルタの沖縄出身日系人が、沖縄のことをしりたがっている。」という記事…

Shoko Hibino • Jan. 12, 2011

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Dedicated to improving the lives of the Amazon River people: Japanese people taking on social inequality

第３回　市長が匙を投げる教育

＞＞第２回巡回授業で保健指導を「こんなに広い面積で州から下りる市予算はわずか。市民の保健、教育を完璧にやることは不可能だ」。再選を決めたばかりのエメルソン・ペドラッサ・デ・フランサ市長は、十月二十九…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Jan. 29, 2009

Amazon River Region Brazil Peru

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2nd Japanese Language Education

Visit the tropical city of Manaus

Part 1: Prologue

Shoichi Ban and the postwar Japanese government's immigration policy

太鼓指導員　蓑輪敏泰さんに聞く

リベラルタのニッポン人（４）　－麻生　直衡－

第３回　市長が匙を投げる教育

Journal Search

2nd Japanese Language Education

Visit the tropical city of Manaus

Part 1: Prologue

Shoichi Ban and the postwar Japanese government's immigration policy

太鼓指導員 蓑輪敏泰さんに聞く

リベラルタのニッポン人 （４） －麻生 直衡－

第３回 市長が匙を投げる教育

太鼓指導員　蓑輪敏泰さんに聞く

リベラルタのニッポン人（４）　－麻生　直衡－

第３回　市長が匙を投げる教育