"Japan is not poor. It is also a leading international aid donor. In 2004 Japan contributed $81.7 million to the UNHCR, the second largest amount after the United States. It finds it easy to give money but difficult to accept people. For example, between 1982, when Japan started to recognize asylum seekers in line with the 1951 Convention, and 2004, Japan received 3,544 applications for refugee status but granted refugee status to only 330."(Quoted from Article)