Asylum seekers in Japan face battle for survival in time of coronavirus

As the effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic ripple across Japan, foreign asylum seekers are among the hardest hit, seeing the support available to them curtailed just as times get tougher during a process that can take years and rarely results in success.Japan is one of the major donors to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, but has been criticized by the world refugee agency for its poor track record of recognizing those who have fled to its shores, with less than 1 percent of applications accepted.The Japan Association for Refugees, based in Tokyo, was founded in 1999 to assist …READ FULL ARTICLE