Remittances From Japan to Latin America Study of Latin American immigrants living and working in Jap

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Remittances From Japan to Latin AmericaStudy of
Latin American immigrants living and working in
Japan
Inter-American Development Bank Annual Meeting
Of the Board of Governors

• April 6, 2005
• Okinawa, Japan

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I. Methodology
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Countries represented in the sample
Colombia
Brazil
Argentina
Peru
Paraguay
Bolivia
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The Sample Design
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Interviews were conducted in the following cities

• Shiga
• Shizuoka
• Tochigi
• Tokyo
• Yamanashi

• Aichi
• Chiba
• Gifu
• Gunma
• Ibaraki

• Kanagawa
• Mie
• Nagano
• Osaka
• Saitama

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II. Demographics of Latin American Immigrants
living in Japan
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Residency in Japan
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Residency in Japan
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Education
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Age of Latin American Immigrants
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Age Latin American Immigrants vs. Japanese
Population
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Gender
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Do you have any children under the age of 18?
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Annual Income in Japan
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Annual Income in Home Country
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What type of work do you do?
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III. Migration Patterns
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Is this the first time that you have come to live
in Japan?
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What was the main reason you decided to move to
Japan?
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Do you have family back home?
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How often do you communicate with your family
back home?
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IV. Remittances to Latin America
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Have you ever sent money to a family member back
home?
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Have you ever sent money to a family member back
home?
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How much money do you send each time?
Average Remittance - 600
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How frequently do you send money to your family
member?
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Do you regularly send money to more than one
family member?
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• 70 percent of Latin American adult immigrants
  living in Japan send remittances on a regular
  basis.
• Our study indicates that approximately 305,000
  Latin American immigrants living in Japan send
  about 2.65 billion to their families on a yearly
  basis. Each remittance averages 600.
• Our study reveals that these Latin Americans send
  money home about 14.5 times a year.

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Remittances to Latin America

• 2.65 billion from Japan to Latin America
• 2.2 billion to Brazil
• 365 million to Peru
• 100 million to other Latin American countries

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How long have you been sending money to your
family member?
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How long have you been sending money to your
family member?
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How do you send money to your family member?
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How do you send money to your family member?
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What is the amount of the average fee that you
pay to send your remittances?
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V. Banking Practices
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Do you have a bank account in Japan?
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Japanese bank accounts by nationality
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Do you have a bank account in your home country?
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Do you have a bank account in your home country?
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Does your family member that you send money to in
your home country have a bank account?
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VI. Savings and Future Economic Plans
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Are you currently saving money?
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What is the main reason that you are saving money?

• Improve quality of life (32 percent)
• To start a business in your home country (19
  percent)
• To buy a house in your home country (14 percent)
• Education for children (13 percent)
• To start a business in Japan (8 percent)
• So I dont have to work anymore/ retirement (4
  percent)
• To buy a house in Japan (4 percent)
• For some other reason/ luxuries (4 percent)

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Do you have any plans to start your own business
in the future?
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