.jpg) Japanese Argentines during the Day of the immigrants in Buenos Aires. | |
| Total population | |
| 65,000 (by ancestry, 2020)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Greater Buenos Aires, La Plata Partido, Escobar Partido, Misiones Province | |
| Languages | |
| Rioplatense Spanish · Japanese (minority) | |
| Religion | |
| Buddhism · Roman Catholicism · Shinto | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Japanese diaspora · Asian Argentines |
Japanese Argentines 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.[2] 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 (see es: Café El Japonés), 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 Belén de Escobar where they settled and specialised in floriculture.
Between the 1960s and 1970s, more Japanese immigrants arrived in the country.[citation needed] Many were attracted by the economic opportunities in agriculture. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, as of 2020[update] there are 65,000[1] descendants and 11,440[1] Japanese nationals in Argentina.
- ^ a b c "Japan-Argentina Relations (Basic Data)". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. 2021-08-17. Archived from the original on 2024-08-31. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Migration Historical Overview - Argentina Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine", Discover Nikkei, 12 September 2007.