Directory of Japan Resources

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This category is for sites on human rights issues in Japan.

Websites submitted here must be Japan related and in English. Sites in Japanese should be submitted to the appropriate World/Japanese subcategory.

日本語のホームページはこちら.

Resources in This Category

• Amnesty International USA - Japan Human Rights

  http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/countries/asia-and-the-pacific/japan?id=1011178
  News, reports and success stories for the country including AI Annual Report entries for the past ten years.

• Ana Bortz's Law Suit and Minority Rights in Japan

  http://www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp88.html
  Article on Japanese 20th century immigration, influx of migrants, Japanese reactions, and a discrimination lawsuit filed to protect civil rights from racial prejudice.

• Fathers' Rights In Japan

  http://www.frij.net/
  A bulletin board for fathers to discuss denied visitation or custody of their Japanese children and to advocate changes to Japanese family law.

• Human Rights Watch - Japan

  https://www.hrw.org/asia/japan
  Reports, background briefings, testimony, press releases and commentary on the human rights situation in the country.

• Mitsubishi Lawsuit

  http://www.kamalsinha.com/mitsubishi/
  Details of a workplace racial discrimination lawsuit in Japan.

• The Otaru Lawsuit Info Site

  http://www.debito.org/otarulawsuit.html
  Regularly updated site on a suit against the Otaru City government and Hokkaido hot spring owners banning foreigners.

• US State Department - 2004 Human Rights Report: Japan

  http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41644.htm
  2004 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

• US State Department - 2008 Human Rights Report: Japan

  http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/eap/119041.htm
  2008 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

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• Home > Regional > Asia > Japan > Government > Law
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