PERU AND JAPAN: AN UNEASY RELATIONSHIP From: Canadian Journal of Latin American & Caribbean Studies | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: Berrà ­ os, Rubà © n | Copyright Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Abstract. Relations between Peru and Japan go back over 100 years to the time when Japanese first immigrated to Peru seeking work. Japan became an important trading partner and aid donor over the last three decades, and Japanese in Peru prospered, culminating in the election as president in 1990 of Alberto Fujimori, a descendant of Japanese immigrants. Relations between the countries were never easy and at times even became strained, because Japan took a largely pragmatic economic and politic...