Japan: 1) Treatment of Chinese students studying in Japan, by the Japanese government; 2) Does the Japanese government allow Chinese students to continue to stay in Japan if the students are afraid of ill-treatment upon return to China?
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 March 1990 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | JPN4601 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Japan: 1) Treatment of Chinese students studying in Japan, by the Japanese government; 2) Does the Japanese government allow Chinese students to continue to stay in Japan if the students are afraid of ill-treatment upon return to China?, 1 March 1990, JPN4601, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aafc3b.html [accessed 4 June 2023] |
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l) Attached is an article from Sing Tao Daily News (in unofficial translation), published in Vancouver on 27 December 1989, which alleges that the Japanese government has recently been reluctant to renew the visas of Chinese students studying in Japan. This article cannot currently be corroborated in other sources available to the IRBDC. No further information on this topic is currently available to the IRBDC.
2) An article entitled "Chinese Students in Japan Form Resistance Movement", published by Reuters on 10 August 1989, quotes a leader of a group composed of Chinese students in Japan who claimed that "Japan is not like the United States or France. It offers no protection to Chinese students here." This article is attached, for your information. However, both this article and one entitled "Report 3182 Arrested in East China, Including Protesters", published by The Associated Press on 26 July 1989, mention that the Japanese government has stated that it would not return to China a student who feared ill-treatment. No further information on this topic is currently available to the IRBDC.
ATTACHMENTS
James Kynge, "Chinese Students in Japan Form Resistance Movement", Reuters, 10 August 1989, Thursday, BC Cycle.
Kathy Wilhelm, "Report 3182 Arrested in East China, Including Protestors", The Associated Press, 26 July 1989, Wednesday, AM Cycle.
"Overseas Chinese Students in Japan are Scared and Insecure: Their Extensions for Visas had Been Refused", Sing Tao Daily News, 27 December 1989, p. 5. (unofficial translation).
