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Japanese Argentines: Historical Timeline of Japanese Argentine

Japanese migration to Argentina began in 1908 with immigrants from Okinawa and Kagoshima. Early Japanese Argentines settled primarily in urban areas of Buenos Aires, working in small businesses, domestic services, and factories. A minority engaged in agriculture and fishery. By the 1960s-1970s, more Japanese immigrants arrived to take advantage of opportunities in agriculture. Today there are approximately 34,711 people of Japanese descent or nationality living in Argentina, concentrated in communities like Belén de Escobar known for its floriculture industry.

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Japanese Argentines: Historical Timeline of Japanese Argentine

Japanese migration to Argentina began in 1908 with immigrants from Okinawa and Kagoshima. Early Japanese Argentines settled primarily in urban areas of Buenos Aires, working in small businesses, domestic services, and factories. A minority engaged in agriculture and fishery. By the 1960s-1970s, more Japanese immigrants arrived to take advantage of opportunities in agriculture. Today there are approximately 34,711 people of Japanese descent or nationality living in Argentina, concentrated in communities like Belén de Escobar known for its floriculture industry.

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Japanese Argentines
Japanese Argentines or Japanese Argentinians (Spanish: nipo-argentinos, Japanese:
Nikkei Aruzenchin-jin) are Argentine citizens of Japanese ancestry,
comprising Japanese immigrants and their descendants born in Argentina. Japanese
migration to Argentina began in 1908 with the arrival of immigrants
from Okinawa and Kagoshima.[1] The first Japanese entered the country via Brazil, and
succeeding groups of immigrants tended to reach Argentina through the neighboring
nations. In the pre-war years, Japanese Argentines were concentrated in urban small
businesses, especially dry cleaning and cafes in Buenos Aires, while some worked as
domestic servants, factory workers, and longshoremen. A minority of Japanese Argentines
also engaged in horticulture, floriculture, and fishery. There is an important Japanese
community in the city of Beln de Escobar where they settled and specialised in floriculture.
Between the 1960s and 1970s, more Japanese immigrants arrived in the country. Many
were attracted by the economic opportunities in agriculture. According to the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs there are 23,000 nikkei and 11,711 Japanese nationals in Argentina for a
total of 34,711 people.

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Historical Timeline of Japanese Argentine

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