Human Rights at Your Favorite Things

See also:

• Regional: Asia: Japan: Government: Law  (19)
• Society: Issues: Human Rights and Liberties  (703)

• Amnesty International Annual Report on Japan - AI's report on Japanese abuses of authority during 2002.
• Ana Bortz's Law Suit and Minority Rights in Japan - Article on Japanese 20th century immigration, influx of migrants, Japanese reactions, and a discrimination lawsuit filed to protect civil rights from racial prejudice.
• Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Research Institute - Information aimed to eliminate discrimination, particularly for the Buraku problem in Japan.
• Children'sRights Network of Japan - Discusses marriage, children, divorce and parental abduction in Japan, as well as the lack of joint custody and enforcable child visitation rights in family law.
• Fathers' Rights In Japan - A bulletin board for fathers to discuss denied visitation or custody of their Japanese children and to advocate changes to Japanese family law.
• Japan - Country Report on Human Rights Practices, 2004 - The annual U.S. government appraisal of Japanese laws, courts, human rights, and treatment of minorities, for 2004.
• Japan Civil Liberties Union (JCLU) - Independent, non-profit organization which aims to protect and promote human rights for all persons regardless of beliefs, religion, or political opinion.
• Mitsubishi Lawsuit - Details of a workplace racial discrimination lawsuit in Japan.
• The Otaru Lawsuit Info Site - Regularly updated site on a suit against the Otaru City government and Hokkaido hot spring owners banning foreigners.
• Owed Justice: Thai Women Trafficked into Debt Bondage in Japan - Report on trafficking in women to fill Japan's sex industry, forced labor and rights violations, servitude, and practices similar to slavery.