Nikkei Brazilian Timeline
-1888 Abolition of Slavery in Brazil (Suzuki: 8).
-June 18,1908-First group of Japanese on the Kasato-Maru Line reach Santos, Brazil (Handa:3).
-1914-1918 WWI
-1917-Gaigai Kogyo Kabushuki Kaisha (KKKK, International Development Company) was founded by advise of the Japanese Government (Suzuki: 9).
-1924-United States prohibits immigration (Suzuki: 9).
-1925-1934 Time of largest number of Japanese immigrants arriving in Brazil (Yamanaka:13).
-1928-Japanese colonization in Amazon (Nambei Takushoku Com, Kanebo Com, began to construct colony of Acará (now Tomé-Açu) (Suzuki: 9).
-1941-1945 WWII Japan's surrender in 1945
-1960- The first group of Japanese immigrants of coal miners arrived in Brazil. The Mitsui Mine Co. sent a mission to Brazil to investigate immigration of its coal miners (Suzuki: 9).
-1973- The last voyage of the ship "Nippon Maru" and the end of Japanese emigration by Sea (Suzuki: 9).
-1980-1991 Brazil's Economic Crisis (Yamanaka: 13).
-1990-Japan revises its Immigration Control Law to allow "anyone with at least one Japanese ancestor within three generations...automatically eligible for a visa" (Takenaka 1997: 14).
-1994-South Americans of Japanese descent and their spouses (the Nikkeijin)...are legally permitted to reside in Japan, with no job restrictions, for up to three years" (Japan Immigration Association 1994e:40-41).
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