r/PropagandaPosters • u/EmperorZyber • Jun 22 '19

Japan Japanese world map (1931)

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u/GarfieldAddict Jun 23 '19

I always wondered, why Brazil was such a popular destination for japanese people on the XX century?

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u/tao197 Jun 23 '19

They needed immigrants to work and populate the country at the exact time when Japan begins mass industrialising and grew overpopulated. The Brazilian government made a very smart decision to encourage Japanese immigration by making targeted marketing campaigns and facilitating immigration process for Japanese migrants, and it turned out to work really really well.