More than a million refugees from the Middle East and Africa poured into Europe last year, and the world is struggling to cope with the migration crisis, yet little has been heard or done about the issue in Japan.
Some girl high school student groups in Tokyo, however, are trying to open their eyes to the outside world and learn more about the problem.
"Imagine, armed forces came to your house out of the blue," Jafar Atayee from Afghanistan said in a speech in front of nearly 40 students at Seishin Joshi Gakuin school in Tokyo last December.