Only 20% in Japan expect refugees to integrate successfully: U.N. survey

GENEVA - Only 20 percent of people in Japan believe that refugees will successfully integrate into Japanese society, making Japan the most skeptical country on the issue among the 29 surveyed, according to a public awareness survey by the U.N. refugee agency and a research firm.

That result, however, contrasts with 64 percent of respondents in Japan who agree that people should be able to take refuge in other countries, including Japan, to escape from war and persecution, suggesting ambivalence in the country's attitude towards refugees.