HURIGHTS OSAKA has published the 2009 edition of the annual publication Asia-Pacific Human Rights Review (in Japanese language). This edition has the theme "Cross-border Marriage from Women's Human Rights Perspective," focusing on marriages between men from Japan, Korea, and Taiwan with women from developing countries, including China, the Philippines and Vietnam. Academics researching the issues of cross-border marriage and migration, and NGO workers working on the rights of female migrants wrote the articles. The second part of the publication contains articles related to the recent developments in human rights activities in the Asia-Pacific region.