Refugee Status: Reporters Thursday and Bubble Economy

refugee status: None has been charged with a crime, according to Brandon Sun. About half are seeking refugee status, although only about 0.3 per cent of such applicants are awarded asylum in Japan. Supporter Mitsuru Miyasako told reporters Thursday many had been recruited to work in Japan during the bubble economy about 30 years ago but are now being told to go home. Many have had children in the country. Thirty people in another city joined. The hunger strike, which started May 9 with 22 people in a Tokyo immigration detention centre, expanded to 70 people there. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.