The Specter of Unrest Next Door
Nevertheless, something conspicuously missing from Japan’s debate about refugee policy is discussion of the consequences of potential unrest on the Korean Peninsula. All too conceivable are events there that could unleash a flood of refugees, and the failure to address that possibility renders the present debate highly inadequate.
The government and people of Japan need to come to terms with the ever-so-real threats that lurk in their neighborhood and across Asia. Only then can they begin to fulfill their nation’s role as a bulwark of democracy and progress. Japanese need to pick up the pace in configuring a framework for accommodating vastly larger numbers of incoming refugees.