Goner has this drama in Japan, losing special permit in seconds (2,4)
I believe the answer is:
no hope
'goner has this drama' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'in japan losing special permit in seconds' is the wordplay.
'japan' becomes 'Nihon' (synonyms).
'losing' suggests deleting specific letters.
'special' indicates anagramming the letters.
'permit in seconds' becomes 'ope' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'nihon' with 'in' removed is 'hon'.
'hon' with letters rearranged gives 'noh'.
'noh'+'ope'='NO-HOPE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for no hope that I've seen before include "Not having any chance of winning" , "A state of despair" .)