Further, since there has been a rapid increase in the number of applications (see Part 1, Chapter 6,
Section 1) in recent years, measures are being taken to revise the system of refugee recognition aiming for
more appropriate and prompt processing of cases. Discussions were held by the Expert Meeting on the
Refugee Recognition System established under the 6th Immigration Policy Discussion Panel on revision
of the refugee recognition system for more than a year from FY 2013, and a report compiling the results
of the discussions was submitted to the Minister of Justice in December 2014.