Japan's readiness to be tested as Myanmar refugees arrive

Japan's readiness to be tested as Myanmar refugees arrive

TOKYO, Japan - Ma Hay Mar, the president of the Japan Myanmar Culture Center, a nonprofit organization, poses on Sept. 2, 2010, in Tokyo. Ma Hay Mar, who came to Japan from Myanmar in 1996, helps local people from Myanmar in Shinjuku Ward's Takadanobaba district. (Kyodo)

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