The Nagoya High Court ruled Thursday that the government is not obligated to recognize a Syrian man as a refugee after the collapse of the regime of former President Bashar al-Assad in 2024.
The court overturned a lower court decision that obliged the government to recognize him as a refugee. But the high court upheld a lower court ruling that ordered the government to revoke a decision not to grant him refugee status.
The man arrived in Japan in 2019 and lives in the central prefecture of Aichi after avoiding military service and participating in an anti-government movement in Syria.
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