Statements [Joint Statement] Civil society calls on Japan, Korea, Taiwan’s transnational corporations and governments to urgently take action and adopt BHR legislation to end corporate abuses and achieve sustainability for future generations December 12, 2023 Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Business and Human Rights
Information English text of HRN’s Recommended “Human Rights Due Diligence Bill” for Japan November 21, 2023 Japan, Business and Human Rights
Information Statements Video statement on Japan’s release of radioactively contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean September 22, 2023 Japan, Economic social and cultural rights, Economic social and cultural rights Japan, Fukushima
Statements HRN Releases Oral Statement Reaffirming the Special Rapporteur on Internally Displaced People’s Report on People Still Displaced by the 2011 Fukushima Disaster July 20, 2023 Japan, Economic social and cultural rights, Fukushima, Refugee/IDP
Statements HRN has released an oral statement on continuing failures with Japan’s new immigration and refugee law July 19, 2023 Japan, Refugee/IDP
Statements HRN releases oral statement on sexual violence in the entertainment industry July 18, 2023 Japan, Child rights, sexual violence, Violence against Women
Events Information Media Reports Adoption of New Rape Laws & Press Conference June 27, 2023 Japan, Child rights, girls, law, pornography, sexual violence, Women's Rights
Statements HRN Submits Statement to Human Rights Council Criticizing Japan’s Proposed Immigration Reform Bill for not Protecting Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers May 30, 2023 Japan, Criminal justice / arbitrary detention and torture, Refugee/IDP, UN Activity
Statements HRN Endorses Request for Gender Policy in the Field of Development Cooperation for the G7 Summit April 11, 2023 Japan, Economic social and cultural rights, LGBTQ, Sexual Minorities, SOGI, UN Human Rights Committee
Statements HRN calls for legislation regulating discrimination against sexual minorities and for the legalization of same-sex marriage April 4, 2023 Japan, Economic social and cultural rights, LGBTQ, Sexual Minorities, SOGI, UN Human Rights Committee
