Japan is notorious for accepting very few refugees, despite making a significant financial contribution to the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.
But the visiting head of the U.N. organization said Tuesday that Japan is making steady progress in improving the situation facing asylum seekers here.
"Japan is not a country with many refugees . . . but the asylum system is moving in the right direction," U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres told reporters during his three-day visit to Tokyo.