Human Rights

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.
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/japan/

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.
http://www.jclu.org/index_e.shtml

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.
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41644.htm

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.
http://www.crnjapan.com/

Amnesty International Annual Report on Japan - AI's report on Japanese abuses of authority during 2002.
http://web.amnesty.org/web/ar2002.nsf/asa/japan!Open

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.
http://www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp88.html

Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Research Institute - Information aimed to eliminate discrimination, particularly for the Buraku problem in Japan.
http://www.blhrri.org/index_e.htm

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.
http://www.frij.net/

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

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