The U.N. chief for refugee affairs on Wednesday praised Japan for accepting Ukrainian evacuees and requested that Tokyo take in more displaced people from around the world.
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi attributed Japan's welcoming of evacuees from war-hit Ukraine to the "sympathy that the Japanese people have felt for Ukraine."
"This is positive. We need to build on that," Grandi said as he wrapped up a three-day visit to Japan for meetings with Justice Minister Yasuhiro Hanashi, whose ministry oversees the country's immigration policy, and Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi.