Japanese American Migration and the Making of Model Women for Japanese Expansion in Brazil and Manchuria, 1871-1945.

This article examines the role of Japanese women in the migration and expansion efforts of the Japanese empire in South America and Northeast Asia from the 1880s to the end of World War II. It discusses the importance of women in Japan's migration-driven expansion and the ongoing debates surrounding their role. The article also explores the connection between women's migration and settler colonial expansion in other empires, as well as the efforts to educate and transform Japanese female migrants to fit the ideals of white bourgeois families in the United States. It concludes by discussing the Japanese government's involvement in recruiting and training female migrants for expansion in Brazil and Manchuria. The text also touches on the views of Fukuzawa Yukichi, a prominent Japanese intellectual, on Japanese migration to the United States, as well as the efforts of Japanese abolitionists to eliminate overseas prostitution. It highlights the phenomenon of "picture brides" among Japanese immigrants in the United States and the campaigns to educate and discipline these women. The article also mentions the rise of Japanese migration to Brazil as an alternative destination and the government's promotion of family migration with an emphasis on women as wives and mothers. Overall, the article explores the instrumentalization of women in Japanese imperialism and colonialism and the interconnectedness of Japanese migration in different regions. [Extracted from the article]