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News in Brief [New!]South Korea; Support for Multicultural Families Act Enacted [New!]Japanese Government launched an “Advisory Panel of Eminent Persons on Policies for the Ainu people” - It plans to compile proposals next year [New!]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 <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 Archive 2006 : Jan-Feb-Mar / Apr-May-Jun / Jul-Aug-Sep / Oct-Nov-Dec