By comparison, the United States resettles up to 50,000 refugees a year. Japan imposes tight restrictions on immigration and has faced international criticism for not granting sanctuary to more asylum seekers, even though it is a major aid provider to refugees overseas.
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The number of asylum seekers in Japan rose to 1,599 from 816 a year earlier, the immigration office said. Japan granted refugee status to 57 of them -- more than 90 percent of whom were from Myanmar.
Japan also gave a record 360 people permission to stay temporarily on humanitarian grounds.
Japan late last year also agreed to accept a handful of Myanmar refugees living in camps in Thailand, marking the first time it has joined a UN-led resettlement plan.
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The increase in asylum seekers follows a deteriorating situation in Myanmar, where the military junta crushed pro-democracy protests in late 2007.
Impoverished Myanmar was also hit last year by Cyclone Nargis which killed 138,366 people, according to UN figur