The dutch... Suriname from 1667 to 1975. The dutch benefited from its vast plantation industry, mostly sugar cane, coffe, and cocoa. In 1863, the dutch goverment... Slavery in the country. To fulfil the need for labour in the plantation. The dutch landed in suriname. Most of them were from central and east java since then, more javanese worker went to suriname. It was reporter that about 33.000 japanese worked in suriname in 1939. After the independence... Of suriname in 1975, most of them chose the caribbean country to be their new homeland. Nowadays, javanese people... 14% of the suriname population​