Japan takes a very strict approach to immigration. It usually accepts just around 1%, or less than 1% of refugee applicants each year. The Japanese government passed a bill changing the immigration law. If you're an asylum seeker who has applied for refugee status three times already, then you could potentially be deported.
The industrial arms race is on. For many political reasons, countries with the means are throwing billions of dollars into local industries. But when will leaders realise that it might harm their economies? Japan’s refugee policy was already stringent, but now the country is cracking down on asylum seekers even more (10:26). And, how Oppenheimer has reignited Los Alamos's tourist appeal (18:22).
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