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REFUGEES

Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 11, 2017
'Stark choices' for 450,000 civilians trapped amid fighting in Mosul's Old Town: ICRC
As many as 450,000 civilians are trapped in Mosul's Old City, caught up in house-to-house fighting between Islamic State and Iraqi government forces and cut off from aid, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 5, 2017
South Sudan survivors who fled to Uganda recount slaughter at hands of troops
It started out as a normal Monday morning in Pajok in South Sudan — children walking to school, shopkeepers raising their shutters and hawkers laying out their wares in the market, where a shower had just dampened down the dust.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 27, 2017
Vietnamese killed himself in immigration center, community leader says
A Vietnamese man held in a solitary cell at an immigration detention center in Japan committed suicide, a Vietnamese community leader said, raising fresh questions over conditions in the country's detention facilities.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 13, 2017
Relief camp in China swells as thousands flee conflict in Myanmar
Within earshot of mortar fire echoing from beyond a ring of hills, a sprawling relief camp in southwestern China is swelling steadily after fighting erupted last week between a rebel ethnic army in Myanmar and government troops just across the border.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 13, 2017
Clash of style and substance as Merkel makes Trump serious study before their key meeting
She is controlled and cautious, a physicist from East Germany who takes her time making decisions and has never relished the attention that comes from being Europe's most powerful leader.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 2017
Migration: a threat or a necessity?
By targeting immigration control as one of the prime aims of Brexit, the British government may find that it has kicked an own goal.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 26, 2017
Japan has no room to criticize U.S. refugee ban
Donald Trump's America isn't the only country turning its back on refugees. Japan is just as guilty.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 26, 2017
No welcome for refugees
The milk of human kindness toward refugees has soured across the world.
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2017
Government uses charter plane to forcibly repatriate 43 foreign nationals
The government forcibly deported 32 Thais, 10 Vietnamese and an Afghan who were alleged to have illegally stayed in Japan, the Ministry of Justice said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Society
Feb 21, 2017
Migrants exploiting refugee applicant loophole to work in labor-scarce Japan
Sayaka Hirose is a Tokyo-based immigration lawyer specializing in assisting Indonesians coming to Japan. She says that in the past two years her clients have been seeking legal advice on an issue she had never encountered before.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 21, 2017
Genuine asylum seekers in Japan lumped together with migrant laborers
The clanking of Tokyo trains going by still echoes in the head of a 27-year-old Congolese man as he recalls the dreadful few weeks he spent in Japan in January 2016 traveling from station to station, homeless, in search of a place where he could survive the cruel cold nights.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Feb 21, 2017
Refugee claimants strain Canada border resources as U.S. loses appeal as safe haven
Canadian police said on Monday they have bolstered their presence at the Quebec border and border authorities have created a temporary refugee center to process a growing number of asylum seekers crossing from the United States.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2017
Europe's fear of Muslims runs deep
A poll on European attitudes toward immigration, Islam and terrorism, shows that a majority of Europeans don't want any more Muslim immigration.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 19, 2017
Trump plans to expand groups of undocumented immigrants to be deported
The Trump administration plans to direct immigration agents to greatly expand the categories of immigrants they target for deportation, according to drafts of two memos seen by Reuters and first reported by McClatchy news organization on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 13, 2017
Malaysian aid ship to help Rohingyas arrives in Bangladesh
A Malaysian aid ship arrived Monday in Bangladesh carrying aid for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled from Myanmar, many citing abuses by the Myanmar security forces.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2017
The names of the deported are ... the U.S. won't say
The U.S. government just won't answer a seemingly simple question: Who was detained at U.S. immigration or deported in the wake of President Donald Trump's executive order barring entry to refugees and citizens of seven mostly Muslim countries?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2017
Record 10,901 refugee applicants face abysmal odds of acceptance in Japan
As refugee applications continue to break records in Japan, the government's abysmal acceptance rate remains cause for international criticism.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 10, 2017
Appeals court tells Trump it won't back down
The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit upholding a nationwide freeze on Donald Trump's immigration executive order is a powerful rebuff to the administration — and to the president personally.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 9, 2017
More than 1,000 feared killed in Myanmar crackdown on Rohingya, U.N. officials say
More than 1,000 Rohingya Muslims may have been killed in a Myanmar army crackdown, according to two senior United Nations officials dealing with refugees fleeing the violence, suggesting the death toll has been a far greater than previously reported.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 8, 2017
A call heard round the world
U.S. President Donald Trump is proving to be a master of bad diplomacy.
Hypothermia in the land of the rising Sanae
Amid the election of Sanae Takaichi as Liberal Democratic Party president, and possibly the next prime minister, Japan's economy shows signs of recovery, but weak wages, a conservative corporate culture and currency issues raise doubts about a true economic thaw.
Number of scenarios now on the table for who might be Japan’s next prime minister
Newly-elected leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Sanae Takaichi (right) celebrates with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba after winning the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on October 4.
After plenty of ups and downs, Osaka Expo concludes with message of unity
The sun sets on the Grand Ring on the final day of the Osaka Expo on Monday.
A frenetic diplomatic schedule looms for Japan’s next leader — whomever that may be
As horse-trading and speculation surge over who will be elected the next prime minister in parliament — the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Sanae Takaichi or a possible candidate put forward by a unified opposition — Japan’s next leader will be confronted with a quick succession of key diplomatic events.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
A frenetic diplomatic schedule looms for Japan’s next leader — whomever that may be
As horse-trading and speculation surge over who will be elected the next prime minister in parliament — the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Sanae Takaichi or a possible candidate put forward by a unified opposition — Japan’s next leader will be confronted with a quick succession of key diplomatic events.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
At Osaka Expo, gas giants promote a greener future. But is it a lot of hot air?
The Gas Pavilion had welcomed around 500,000 visitors by the end of August, making it one of the most popular exhibits at the Osaka Expo.
‘Takaichi trade’ starts unwinding as political calculus upended by Komeito exit
Less than a week ago, Sanae Takaichi seemed set to become Japan's first female prime minister.
‘Save the Ring’ calls intensify as Osaka Expo’s end nears
Visitors lounge on the grassy hill on the top of the Grand Ring during the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka in May.

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