[cstaylor]

"lags"? More like "No Refugees allowed... unless you're Fujimori!"

[Taro Toporific]

Japan lags behind other countries in taking refugees

He had approached a human trafficker in Pakistan, hoping to go to either Europe or the United States, but was told, "the Japanese are kind."

But Japan leads in trafficking....

Japan: pink heaven for traffickersSun. Feb 1 / The Japan Times--How many of the 700,000 to 4 million global victims of human trafficking a year (according to a 2002 U.S. State Department survey) end up in Japan? Given the secretive nature of the trade, nobody knows for sure, but the Geneva-based International Organization for Migration estimates that, at any one time, the estimated 2.37 trillion yen-a-year Japanese sex industry...

[kamome]

Japan: pink heaven for traffickersSun. Feb 1 / The Japan Times

Yeah, I read this yesterday in the print edition while eating a late brunch. I started to lose my appetite half way through. The story is really sad and it occurs on a larger scale than I realized.

[Taro Toporific]

Japan: pink heaven for traffickersSun. Feb 1 / The Japan Times

Yeah, I read this yesterday in the print edition while eating a late brunch. I started to lose my appetite half way through..

Are you sure it was the article and not eating a late hang-over brunch AFTER 2pm?

[cstaylor]

Yeah, I haven't learned the Japanese for NRL (Non Return Lunch... usually Friday with the rest of the staff over beers).

When I worked at Tandem Computers, it was part of the company culture: once a month with just your group members, once a month with the rest of the company (beer bash). When Compaq acquired Tandem, they threw that policy out immediately (bastards).

[kamome]

Japan: pink heaven for traffickersSun. Feb 1 / The Japan Times

Yeah, I read this yesterday in the print edition while eating a late brunch. I started to lose my appetite half way through..

Are you sure it was the article and not eating a late hang-over brunch AFTER 2pm?

Yeah, I bet that had something to do with it as well. Sorry about not making it to that meeting by the way.