Japanese diaspora in Brazil remembers disaster that proved its genesis

This year marks a century since the Great Kanto Earthquake and 115 years since the first migration of Japanese people to Brazil, but it was the disaster and subsequent mayhem in and around the Tokyo area that became the main catalyst for the growth of the diaspora in the South American nation.Many people decided to leave Japan because they had lost their property due to the earthquake, and the Japanese government obliged by encouraging mass emigration through travel subsidies for the victims. Brazil now boasts the world's largest community of Nikkeijin, the name given to Japanese people who…READ FULL ARTICLE