Connecting Continents A Peruvian scholar's commitment to promoting mutual understanding

In April 1899,125 years ago,the first 790 Japanese arrived at the port of Callao,the-principal seaport of Peru in South America,aboard the Sakuramaru,after a long journey from the port of Yokohama in Japan.This milestone was the beginning of Nikkei culture in Peru,a term to refer to Japanese emigrants and their descendants overseas-primarily in the Americas.