Japanese presence in Peru dates to arrival of first migrant ship in 1899

Lima (Peru), Apr 3 (EFE).- (Camera: Mikhail Huracan). The history of Japanese migrants and their descendants in Peru, a community that today numbers more than 100,000 people and is one of the country's most dynamic, began 120 years ago with the arrival of a ship carrying 790 travelers seeking work at coastal sugar plantations.
 
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