Japanese Latin Americans

During World War II, 2,264 Latin Americans of Japanese ancestry were forcibly deported from their countries of residence and taken to the U.S. where they were placed in internment camps in order to be exchanged for Americans held by Japanese forces. Some 80 percent of the internees were Japanese Peruvians; the rest came from various Pacific-facing countries from Mexico to Chile. At the conclusion of the war, most of the interned Japanese Latin Americans were forced to leave the U.S. However, since many were initially barred from returning to their home countries, more than 900 Japanese Latin Americans were deported to war-devastated Japan. Over 350 Japanese Latin Americans remained in the U.S. and fought deportation in the courts. Eventually, about 100 managed to gain reentry to their home countries in Latin America. It was not until 1952 that those who stayed were allowed to begin the process of becoming U.S. permanent residents. Many later became U.S. citizens.

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img Japanese Peruvian male child (ddr-csujad-33-17)

A portrait of a Japanese Peruvian male child. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 3. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_03_017

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-17/

img C. Watanabe (ddr-csujad-33-32)

A portrait of a Japanese Peruvian man taken in Huacho, Peru. Autographed by: C. Watanabe. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 5. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_05_032

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-32/

img Japanese Peruvian workers (ddr-csujad-33-69)

Photographed are Japanese Peruvian workers standing in a nursery. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 15. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_15_069

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-69/

img Plantation (ddr-csujad-33-110)

Photographed are trees in a plantation in Peru. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 19. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_19_109

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-110/

img Japanese Peruvians with a logging equipment (ddr-csujad-33-73)

Photographed are Japanese Peruvians and a logging equipment in a plantation. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 16. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_16_073

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-73/

img Plantation building (ddr-csujad-33-106)

Photographed is a building in a plantation in Peru. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 19. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_19_105

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-106/

img Japanese Peruvian man (ddr-csujad-33-85)

Photographed is a Japanese Peruvian man in a plantation building. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 17. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_17_085

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-85/

img Road in a plantation (ddr-csujad-33-163)

Photographed is a road in a plantation in Peru. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 26. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_26_162

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-163/

img Japanese Peruvian man on an aircraft (ddr-csujad-33-151)

Photographed is a Japanese Peruvian man getting on an aircraft. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 25. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_25_150

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-151/

img Plantation (ddr-csujad-33-120)

Photographed are trees in a plantation in Peru. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 20. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_20_119

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-120/

img Llamas (ddr-csujad-33-180)

Photographed are llamas in Peru. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 28. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_28_181

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-180/

img Buildings (ddr-csujad-33-191)

Photographed are buildings in Peru. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 30. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_30_193

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-191/

img Railroad (ddr-csujad-33-125)

Photographed is a railroad in Peru. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 20. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_20_124

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-125/

img Japanese Peruvian men, hunting (ddr-csujad-33-58)

Photographed are Japanese Peruvian men holding rifles for hunting. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 13. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_13_058

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-58/

img Aircraft (ddr-csujad-33-152)

Photographed is an aircraft parked in a field in Peru. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 25. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_25_151

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-152/

img Japanese Peruvian workers (ddr-csujad-33-101)

Photographed are Japanese Peruvian plantation workers having a meal inside a building. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 18. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_18_100

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-101/

img Japanese Peruvians (ddr-csujad-33-133)

Photographed are Japanese Peruvians wearing hunting gear and posing on a riverside. Includes four Japanese Peruvian men and one local Peruvian woman. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 23. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_23_131

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-133/

img Japanese Peruvian family (ddr-csujad-33-2)

A photograph of a Japanese Peruvian family. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 1. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_01_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-2/

img S. H. Kato (ddr-csujad-33-33)

A portrait of a Japanese Peruvian man. Autographed by: S. H. Kato. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 5. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_05_033

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-33/

img Japanese Peruvian men (ddr-csujad-33-104)

Photographed are two Japanese Peruvian men standing in front of a building. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 19. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_19_103

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-104/

img Japanese Peruvian couple (ddr-csujad-33-65)

Photographed are a couple of Japanese Peruvians. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 14. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_14_065

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-65/

img Japanese Peruvian man (ddr-csujad-33-68)

Photographed is a Japanese Peruvian man standing on a road in a plantation. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 15. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_15_068

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-68/

img Japanese immigrant women to Peru (ddr-csujad-33-11)

Photographed are Japanese immigrant women in kimonos. It appears to be taken on a passenger ship to Peru. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 2. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_02_010

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-11/

img Plantation (ddr-csujad-33-98)

Photographed is a palm in a plantation in Peru. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 18. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_18_097

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-98/

img Colonisation Japonaise au Perou: immigration au Perou: colonisation Japonaise sous la foret centrale Amazonienne, 1930-1950 (ddr-csujad-33-1)

A family photo album complied by a Japanese Peruvian family titled: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou: immigration au Perou: colonisation Japonaise sous la foret centrale Amazonienne, 1930-1950 [= Japanese Colonization in Peru: immigration to Peru: Japanese colonization under the central Amazonian forest, 1930-1950]. Depicts the lives of the Japanese Peruvians in 1930-1950. See this object in the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33-1/