Japan grants refugee status to a Kurd of Turkish nationality | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

A 30-year-old Kurdish man with Turkish nationality has been granted refugee status, according to government sources, which a refugee advocate group praised as the first such case in Japan. 

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