With applications for refugee status reaching record levels, a number of Japanese businesses are providing employment and training to people forced to flee their home country due to war and persecution, with emphasis on genuine vocational opportunities rather than charity.
Mohammad Mawaheb Seraj Eddin, a 26-year-old Syrian, is one of the refugees engaged in such a program.
He left his home country for Turkey in June 2012 amid the intensifying civil war between the government forces led by President Bashar Assad and rebel groups.