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JAPANESE

Argentina

Cuisine:

M & A Buenos Aires Restaurant: Especialidad Japonesa (http://www.restaurant.com.ar/restpage/RT3JAP.html)

Culture and Education:

Centro Nikkei Argentino (http://www.angelfire.com/ak/CentroNikkeiArg/)

Brazil

Cuisine:

Cozinha Japonesa and Ten Kai Restaurant (http://www.cozinhajaponesa.com.br/default.htm)

Neko Tunkiel- Cozinha Japonesa A list of Japanese restaurants in Brazil (http://www2.netpoint.com.br/guia/japonesa.htm)

Culture and Education:

ASEBEX (http://www.nethall.com.br/asebex/index.html)

This site has very good links to the Japanese community in Brazil, such as links to:

Ø Regional/Family Associations (KenjinKais) http://www.nethall.com.br/asebex/links.htm

Ø A Kenjinkais Directory (http://www.nethall.com.br/asebex/kenjinkai.htm)

Ø A Nikkei Ring including information on Relações Brasil-Japão, Comunidade Nikkei http://nikkei.webjump.com/comunidade.html, Associações http://nikkei.webjump.com/associations.html, Cultura Japonesa, Imigração Japonesa, Páginas Pessoais, Culinária Japonesa, Música/Karaoke/Jpop, and Manga/Anime

Ø A history of Japanese immigration: 1908-1998: Anos da Imigração Japonesa no Brasil, http://www.nethall.com.br/asebex/90anos.htm

ALIANÇA: Aliança Cultural Brasil-Japão (http://www.aliansa.com.br/)

Associação Nikkei de Niterói (http://nitnikkei.hypermart.net/)

This site is dedicated to Japanese in Rio de Janeiro. It includes a page on the history of Japanese immigration to Brazil: 90 Anos de Imigração

Bahia Nikkei (http://www.magiclink.com.br.nikkei/)

This site is for the Nikkei living in the city of Bahia.

Brazet Web Site (http://www.braznet.org/)

This commercial site caters to Nikkei in Brazil.

Evangélicos in Japan (http://www.aay.mtci.ne.jp/~edsonak/links.htm)

Provides links to Christian institutions and other organizations in Brazil.

Hai-Net (http://www.hai-net.com.br/)

This commercial site that caters to Nikkei in Brazil

Japanese Immigration in Brazil (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/9223/)

Seinen Bunkyo Web Site (http://www.arteweb.com.br/seinenbu/)

This site is promoting the work of this organization, Seinen Bunkyo, together with the Department of Youth of the Brazilian Society of Japanese Culture to help integrate young Nikkei to Brazilian life and to help to maintain their culture.

SuftTrade search engine: Directory for Japanese Society and Culture in Brazil (http://www.surftrade.com.br/Sociedade_e_Cultura/Culturas/Japonesa/)

Chile

Cuisine:

La Tercera -Tiempo Libre -Gastronomía- Comida Japonesa (http://www.tercera.cl/sitios/tiempolibre/s_gastron/comida.japonesa.html)

Mexico

Publications:

Ota Mishima, María Elena. Siete migraciones japonesas en México: 1890-1978. México: El Colegio de México, 1982.

Paraguay

Culture and Education:

Centro Nikkei Paraguayo (http://www.geocities.co.jp/WallStreet/2642/home-es.html)

Publications:

Kasamatsu, Emi. La presencia japonesa en el Paraguay. Asuncion: Biblioteca de Estudios Paraguayos, Universidad Católica- Vol. 55, 1997.

Nikkei presente y futuro. Asunción: Convención Panamerican Nikkei, 1991.

Peru

Cuisine:

Cocina Japonesa con Sazon Peruana (http://www2.rcp.net.pe/cocina/japonesa.htm)

Culture and Education:

Cegecoop “ La Union” http://www.launion.edu.pe/

This college was built by Japanese immigrants for the education of their children. As part of the features of this site, there is a page with the history (http://www.launion.edu.pe/Centenario.htm) of the first 100 years of Japanese immigration to Peru. Another feature is a link to their library, the Shin Kanemaru library (http://www.launion.edu.pe/biblioteca_shin_kanemaru.htm) that serves the faculty and students of this college.

Publications:

Fukumoto, Mary. Hacia un nuevo sol: Japoneses y sus descendientes en el Perú. Perú: Asociación Peruano Japonesa del Perú, 1997.

Gardiner, C. Harvey. Pawns in a Triangle of Hate: The Peruvian Japanese and the United States. Seattle and London: The University of Washington Press, 1981

Higashide, Seiichi. Adios to Tears: The Memoirs of a Japanese-Peruvian Internee in U.S. Concentration Camps. Honolulu: E&E Kudo, 1993.

Worldwide and Dekasegui

International Nikkei Research Project (http://www.inrp.org/)

Net Japão (http://www.netjapao.com.br)

Information is provided on Japanese art, communities, cooking, culture, design, economy, business, sports and geography.

Oriental Gate (http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Garden/4189/hpmenu.html)

This site has extensive information on Japanese communities worldwide. Its page on “Vida no Japão/No Brasil/No Mundo (http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Garden/4189/hpvidaj.html) has extensive links to life in Japan for Dekaseguis and Japanese communities in the America and Europe.

Asociación Cultural Hispano-Japonesa (http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Spa/4768/espanol/mainesp.htm)

Spain-Japan.com (http://www.spain-japan.com/)

ASIANS

Bibliographies

Chu, Clara M. Asians in Latin America, Works Published 1990-1998. Los Angeles, 1999.

Bibliographic references can be found on the Asians in Latin America Working Group website.

Cuisine

A Good Thai & Peruvian Restaurant, Oxnard, California. (http://www.thaiperurestaurant.com/index.html)

Education and Research

Asians in Latin American Working Group, Center for Latin American Studies, Stanford University. (http://www.stanford.edu/~delangel/asinla.html)

The Working Group on Asians in Latin America is sponsored by Stanford University. Research papers and discussions on the history, cultures, roles and experiences of people of Asian descent (from different parts of Asia) in the different countries of Latin America are presented by students, faculty, staff and guest lecturers during the monthly meetings.

The meetings are open to anyone who wishes to attend. A reading/research course titled "Asians in Latin America" is also offered through the Center for Latin American Studies at Stanford University. For further information and the schedule of presentations please contact Prof. Roshni Rustomji-Kerns at roshni1@leland.stanford.edu or call 650-723-4444.

Course Encounters: People of Asian Descent in Latin America (http://www.stanford.edu/~delangel/asinla/fcourse.html)

“This class will be an introduction to the histories and experiences of people from Japan, China, Korea, the Middle East and India in different countries of Latin America.” This class will be taught by Prof. Roshni Rustomji-Kerns during the Spring Quarter at Stanford University in Palos Altos, California.

Transnational Communities, an ESRC Research Programme

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESCRC) study transnational communities. Their address is: Transnational Communities, University of Oxford, Faculty of Anthropology and Geography, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, 51 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6PE. Contact persons: Dr. Steve Vertovec (director) and Ms. Anna Winton (Adminstrator). Tel. +44 1865 274711, Fax. +44 274718 Email: anna.winton@anthro.ox.ac.uk

Publications

Encounters: People of Asian Descent in the Americas, ed. By Roshini Rustimji-Kerns with Rajini Srikanth, and Leny Mendoza Strobel, June 1999.

Web Sites

Asian Canadian: Resource site for different Asian groups in Canada. (http://www.asian.ca/)

Ancestors in the Americas: A new PBS series exploring the history and legacy of Asians in the Americas. This series is promoted by the Center for Educational Telecommunications. (http://www.cetel.org/)