Japan's readiness to be tested as Myanmar refugees arrive

Japan's readiness to be tested as Myanmar refugees arrive

TOKYO, Japan - Saburo Takizawa, the former representative of U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Japan, poses on Aug. 31, 2010, at his research room at the University of Tokyo. He heads a group based in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, which hopes to offer help to Myanmar refugees coming to Japan under the third country resettlement program. (Kyodo)

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