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understand that MFA's Refugees Division press easing Japan's rules so that more refugees may be resettled, but that it faces opposition
from other Ministries interested in maintaining high employment for
Japanese.
10.
The Japanese response to our initiative of last September, in comparison to that of other friends and allies (eg US, Canada, Australia, Sweden, Finland and Netherlands) has been inadequate. We
should use every suitable opportunity to press the
Japanese to do
more.
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