Kasadomaru Group

...Furthermore, in 1924, the United States enacted the Immigration Quota Act (Japanese Exclusion Act), placing significant restrictions on Japanese immigration. Meanwhile, immigration to Brazil based on the demand for labor on coffee plantations began with 781 company contract immigrants (Kasato Marugumi) in 1908, and increased as the United States tightened restrictions, reaching approximately 190,000 people by the time the war ended. In particular, reflecting the government's subsidy policy, which began with relief for victims of the Great Kanto Earthquake, and the poverty of rural areas during the Showa Depression, the total number of immigrants in the peak years of 1933 and 1934 reached more than 50,000 people...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kasado Marugumi" is listed below.

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…さらに24年にはアメリカ合衆国の移民割当法(排日移民法)が制定され，日本人移民の渡航には著しい制限が加えられた。　一方，コーヒー園労働力の需要にもとづくブラジル移民は，1908年の会社契約移民781人(笠戸丸組)に始まり，アメリカ合衆国の制限強化につれて増大し，戦争で途絶するまでに約19万人が移住した。とくに関東大震災の罹災者救済に始まる政府の補助金政策や，昭和恐慌期の農村窮乏を反映し，最盛期の1933,34両年の渡航者は計5万人余にのぼった。…

※「笠戸丸組」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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