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This chapter addresses some of the key themes concurrent in the findings. Some of the themes to explore include the notion of “gay friendly” Japan, the feasibility of an LGBT refugee from Japan through case studies, LGBT immigration from Japan as a gendered experience, advantages and disadvantages of immigration to the USA, Canada, and Australia, aging of LGBT immigrants from Japan, and the concern for undocumented LGBT immigrants from Japan, among other things.

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Tamagawa, M. (2020). Discussions. In: Japanese LGBT Diasporas. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31030-1_5

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