1. In the case of those people rescued by Japanese boats and ships, special landing permission is given according to article 12 of Immigration Control Order (initially 15 days but changed to 30 days later)
2. In the case of these people rescued by foreign boats and ships, landing permission due to water accident is given (period of landing is from 15 to 30 days)
It was rather a conditional arrangement and Japan had agreed to respond only if the act was requested to the government of Japan by UNHCR with it covering the cost of stay, and if refugees’ next destination of resettlement is determined, etc. However, the constant arrival of refugees spurred Japanese society to design ways of responding to new comers from abroad. Subsequently pressure from the international community led to a revision of this approach. In 1977, in the Cabinet Understanding “Betonamu Nanmin Taisaku Ni Tsuite (Concerning Vietnamese refugees)” had made a decision that specific measures will be taken for this problem as ‘a part of international corporation concerning humanitarian affairs’ (Cabinet Understanding 1977). Even though it was not a law through Diet proceeding, the fact that such official decision was made under the Cabinet Understanding was ‘the fledgling of Refugee Policy in Japan’. From 1977 to 1980, the standard of refugees’ resettlement permission eased gradually.