As Europe makes room for refugees, some in Japan ask: Why not us?

TOKYO – When Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister, was visiting Egypt earlier this year, he pledged $200 million in aid for refugees displaced by the rise of the so-called Islamic State. “We are going to provide assistance for refugees and displaced persons from Iraq and Syria,” he said. Now, as a torrent of refugees flows out […]











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