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News in Brief
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South Korea; Support for Multicultural Families Act Enacted
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Japanese Government launched an “Advisory Panel of Eminent Persons on Policies for the Ainu people” - It plans to compile proposals next year
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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
Supreme Court of Japan – Marriage Requirements for Parents of Children Born out of Wedlock for the Granting of Japanese Nationality: Nationality Act Deemed Unconstitutional
Upper and Lower Houses of the Diet of Japan recognize the Ainu as Indigenous People
Ministry of Justice of Japan Accepted for the First Time a Marriage Certificate to Register the Child of a Woman without a Family Registry
Ministry of Education of Japan Announces the “Approaches to Teaching Human Rights Education” (Third Report) to Relevant Entities
Supreme Court of Japan Ruled that Rejection of the Legal Visit to the Witness Was Not Unlawful
Police Introduces Partial Recording and Videotaping of Interrogations on a Trial Basis
Supreme Court Ruled Punishment for Flier Distribution was Constitutional
Prosecution Introduces Partial Recording and Videotaping of Interrogation on a Full Scale
National Police Agency: 43 Victims of Trafficking were protected in Japan in 2007
Ministry of Justice: 40 Victims of Trafficking Protected in Japan in 2007
41 individuals were recognized as Refugees in Japan in 2007
Guidelines for Ensuring Appropriate Interrogations in Police Investigations
New Basic Policy Adopted for Domestic Violence Prevention Act
South Korean National Assembly Approved Government Support (JPY 360 Million) for Korean Residents in Utoro Area, Kyoto, Japan
Japan: Ministry of Justice Revised Guidelines on Foreign Trainees/Technical Interns
Japan: Act to Support Japanese Returnees from China Amended
“Fingerprints and Mug Shots” Now Required for Foreigners’ Entry into Japan
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Japan: Supreme Court Orders Compensation for Korean A-Bomb Survivors
2007:July-August-September
South Korea: Ministry of National Defense Promotes Introduction of Alternative Services for “Conscientious Objectors”
South Korea: Constitutional Court Recognized Equal Labour Rights for “Industrial Trainees”
Japan: Offence of Human Trafficking Applied to Case of Japanese Woman for the First Time
Japan: Domestic Violence Prevention Act Amended
2007: April-May-June
South Korea: Family Registry Will Be Based on "Individual", Not "Family Head", after 2008
Asia-Pacific Coalition of Cities against Racism Renamed
Japan: Juvenile Law Amended Again
Japan: Part-Time Work Law Amended
Japan: Child Abuse Prevention Law Amended
UN Committee against Torture Considered Report of Japan
"Japan would not export hazardous wastes" "We are making efforts to resolve political killings in the Philippines": Japan-Philippines Summit Meeting in Tokyo
Justice Ministry of South Korea Launch National Action Plan for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (2007-2011)
ADB Annual Meeting in Kyoto: Parallel Citizens' Forum Express Concern about Japan's Wastes Export Policy
National Human Rights Commission of Korea Decides to Propose "Human Rights Education Act" to Government and National Assembly
Supreme Court of Japan Dismissed Claims of Chinese Victims of Forced Labour
South Korea: National Human Rights Commission Conducts Ex Officio Investigation into Fire at Yeosu Immigration Detention Facilities
Proposed Reporting System on Foreign Workers Criticized by Human Rights Advocates
South Korea: Disability Anti-Discrimination Act Adopted by the National Assembly
UNHCR Reports Increase in Asylum Seekers in Japan in 2006
Supreme Court of Japan Denied Filiation through Surrogacy
2007: Jan-Feb-Mar
Report Identifies Challenges in Prevention of Domestic Violence after Law Reform
Supreme Court of Japan Found It Constitutional to Order Playing the Piano for National Anthem
Ministry of Justice: 47 Victims of Trafficking Protected in Japan in 2006
National Human Rights Commission of Korea Express Its Views on Draft Law on Support for "Mixed-Blood" Families
Japan: Cabinet Agrees on Amendments to Employment Measures Law, Requiring Reports on Employment of Foreigners
Japan Signed Convention on Enforced Disappearance
Osaka City Removed Tents of the Homeless in Nagai Park by Force
Filipino Entertainers Coming to Japan Dropped Sharply to 8,600 in 2006
ASEAN Adopts the Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers
Labour Policy Council of Japan Reports on Future Legislation concerning Labour Contract and Working Hours
Japan's Fifth Report on Civil and Political Rights Submitted
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