News In Brief
- 2008.10.03 South Korea; Support for Multicultural Families Act Enacted
- 2008.08.03 Japanese Government launched an "Advisory Panel of Eminent Persons on Policies for the Ainu people" - It plans to compile proposals next year
- 2008.06.12 Law concerning Special Rules regarding Sex Status of a Person with Gender Identification Disorder; Lower House eases the requirements for changing Sex Status on the Family Register
- 2008.06.08 Supreme Court of Japan - Marriage Requirements for Parents of Children Born out of Wedlock for the Granting of Japanese Nationality: Nationality Act Deemed Unconstitutional
- 2008.06.07 Upper and Lower Houses of the Diet of Japan recognize the Ainu as Indigenous People
- 2008.06.06 Ministry of Justice of Japan Accepted for the First Time a Marriage Certificate to Register the Child of a Woman without a Family Registry
- 2008.05.04 Ministry of Education of Japan Announces the "Approaches to Teaching Human Rights Education" (Third Report) to Relevant Entities
- 2008.04.27 Supreme Court of Japan Ruled that Rejection of the Legal Visit to the Witness Was Not Unlawful
- 2008.04.25 Police Introduces Partial Recording and Videotaping of Interrogations on a Trial Basis
- 2008.04.24 Supreme Court Ruled Punishment for Flier Distribution was Constitutional