TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will attend a United Nations meeting next week, Tokyo said on Friday, with plans to meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin and reportedly announce support for Syrian refugees.

Abe may creak open his country’s notoriously tight immigration policy by accepting some refugees fleeing fighting in war-torn Syria, local media said.

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