Japan also has an unlikely relation with Peru, as a lot of Japanese migrated there, bedazzled by "American dream"-like ideas probably inspired by Inca myths, Eldorados and such
Recent policies invite "Nippo-Peruvians" to migrate back to Japan, making Peruvians and Brazilians among the highest number of non-Asian immigrants to the country.
It also explains the strangely Japanese-sounding name of Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori (now incarcerated for corruption, kidnapping and murder)