In Tokyo, people protest in April against the government's immigration controls, demanding rights for refugees. (David Mareuil / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Iranian asylum seeker Afshin had hoped ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People in Tokyo protest in April against the government's immigration controls, demanding rights for refugees. (David Mareuil / ...

After fleeing brutality in their homeland and bouncing around from country to country, an African couple thought they could ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - This Dec. 15, 2016, file photo, shows Kunashiri Island, one of four southern Kuril islands which Japan calls the Northern ...

In 2020, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, under the UN Commission on Human Rights, levelled criticism against Japan’s asylum system. The Working Group’s Opinion was primarily adopted to ...

TOKYOTOKYO — Japan’s parliament on Friday approved a revision to an immigration and refugee law that will allow the forced repatriation of asylum seekers after they are denied refugee status twice, a ...

ELIZABETH obueza’s life has been in limbo since 1991, when she fled Nigeria, in fear of genital mutilation. She came to Japan, one of the few countries willing to issue her a short-term tourist visa.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will limit asylum seekers' right to work from Monday, making changes to its refugee system that are likely to swell the numbers of those in detention centers, the justice ...

TOKYO — Iranian asylum seeker Afshin had hoped he’d be spending the final decades of his career contributing to a Japanese economy desperate for workers. Instead, the former construction worker has ...