THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 14, 2022 at 16:57 JST
Pyae Lyan Aung displays the certificate granting him official refugee status on Aug. 20, 2021, in Osaka. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Japan granted refugee status to a record 74 individuals in 2021, nearly half of whom had fled the military coup in Myanmar that year. [Read More]
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