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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Japanese clothing retail giant helps refugees in unique ways]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Senior UNIQLO executive Yukihiro Nitta discusses how the Japanese garments enterprise is helping refugees in cooperation with UNHCR.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR shines a beacon of hope on a devastated corner of Japan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Some 10,000 people who lost their homes to Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami benefit from UNHCR solar lamps for their temporary shelter.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Japan: First Myanmar refugees arrive for resettlement]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[After spending up to 25 years in a refugee camp in Thailand, three families from Myanmar arrived in Japan today to begin new lives under Asia's first-ever pilot resettlement programme.
The 18 refugees...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Welcome to Japan: first Asian country joins UNHCR's resettlement programme]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[From the jungles of Thailand to the bright lights of Tokyo, the first of 90 Myanmar refugees begin their new life in Japan under a pilot resettlement programme.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sudanese refugees find fame in Japan, raise money for education in Africa]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[An on-line music contest is raising Japanese awareness of refugee issues, and money for Dadaab refugee camp.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Teaching safety with angry mobs, bullets and minefields]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Training organized by the UNHCR eCentre in Tokyo prepares humanitarian workers for the challenges of operating in dangerous environments.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thailand: Japan selecting first Myanmar refugees for resettlement
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<description><![CDATA[Japanese government officials are visiting Mae La refugee camp in northern Thailand today (Tuesday, 02 Feb.) to begin interviewing refugees from Myanmar who have applied for resettlement to Japan. This...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Millions of Japanese expected to tune in to TV drama about UNHCR]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Japanese national TV broadcaster NHK will air a new romantic drama over the next five weeks that also raises awareness about UNHCR and refugees.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR protection chief applauds Japan and South Korea, asks them to be better Asian role models]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[On visits to two Asian countries, top UNHCR official Erika Feller highlights achievements, challenges in protecting asylum-seekers and refugees.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Japan to start a pilot resettlement programme]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ High Commissioner António Guterres is concluding his fifth official visit to Japan. During a meeting with Prime Minister Taro Aso, an announcement was made that Japan will be introducing a pilot resettlement...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR welcomes Japan's new study on resettlement]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[High Commissioner António Guterres welcomes the launch of a Japanese study into the possibility of becoming a resettlement country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Japanese volleyball Olympians share their skills with refugees in Nepal]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Three members of Japan's gold-winning women's volleyball team in the 1976 Montreal Olympics recently visited eastern Nepal to share their knowledge and skills with young refugees.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Japan gives UNHCR US$2.5 million for repatriation and reintegration of Liberian refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The government of Japan has donated US$2.5 million dollars to UNHCR for the agency's programmes aimed at the sustainable return of Liberian refugees from neighbouring Guinea.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Japan's Uniqlo clothing chain puts smiles on faces of refugees in Nepal]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Japan's popular Uniqlo casual clothing chain has handed out 50,000 pieces of second-hand clothing to refugees at this camp in eastern Nepal. The recycled clothes have been deposited by customers at more than 700 Uniqlo outlets around Japan]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 1 Mar 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[High Commissioner to visit Japan and India]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ High Commissioner António Guterres is scheduled to arrive in Japan on Monday for a three-day visit during which he will meet Foreign Minister Taro Aso, senior government officials, parliamentarians,...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 1 Dec 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Annual Nansen Refugee Award presented to Japanese optometrist]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The Nansen Refugee Award 2006 was formally presented to Japanese optometrist Dr. Akio Kanai in Geneva on Monday for his work in improving the sight of tens of thousands of uprooted people around the world over the past two decades.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 3 Oct 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Uganda mission by UNHCR Executive Committee chairman]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ The Chairman of UNHCR's Executive Committee, Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki, arrived in Kampala, Uganda, yesterday (Thursday) for a three-day visit during which he will inspect UNHCR's programmes for refugees...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Japanese ambassador visits resilient IDPs in foothills near Dili]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Japanese Ambassador Kenji Shimizu received a warm welcome from villagers when he helped a UNHCR mission distribute aid to displaced people outside the Timor-Leste capital Dili. Japan has donated US$2 million towards the refugee agency's emergency relief operations in Timor-Leste.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dr. Akio Kanai wins 2006 Nansen Refugee Award]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ Today, High Commissioner António Guterres is delighted to announce that the winner of the Nansen Refugee Award for 2006 is Dr. Akio Kanai, a Japanese optometrist who over more than two decades has improved...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 4 Jul 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2006 Nansen Refugee Award goes to Japanese man with global vision]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ Geneva, Tuesday 4 July 2006 GENEVA - The U.N. refugee agency today announced that the 2006 Nansen Refugee Award will go to Dr. Akio Kanai, a Japanese optometrist who over more than two decades has improved...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 4 Jul 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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