Staff

Project Researcher

Miki ARIMA

Miki ARIMA is a researcher at CDR and co-editor of its journal CDR Quarterly. After working at the Embassy of Japan in the US and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Albania, she became involved with asylum issues in Japan in 1998 through her work with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Since December 2011, she serves as a Refugee Examination Counselor in Japan's refugee status determination procedure at the appeal level. She is currently a Council member of the International Association of Refugee Law Judges (IARLJ)'s Asia Pacific Chapter.

Her recent publications include: 100 Q&A on Basics of Refugee Protection: Refugee Status Determination and Credibility Test (co-authored with Satoshi Yamamoto, Human Security Forum, 2012), Analysis of Global Asylum Trends in 2011 (Refugee Studies Journal, 2012), Asylum in Japan: an Overview of Government Commitments and Asylum Statistics (CDR Quarterly vol.5, 2012, in English), and a Japanese translation of Nationality and Statelessness: A Handbook for Parliamentarians (UNHCR, 2009). She holds a BA from Amherst College, MPP (master in public policy) from Harvard University, and JD from Waseda Law School.