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  • Letter to Japanese Foreign Minister Gemba on Afghanistan
    Jun 24, 2012
  • Letter to Prime Minister Noda on Japan’s Aid Relationship with Burma
    Apr 19, 2012
    We write to you regarding the forthcoming visit of Burmese President Thein Sein to Japan for the Japan-Mekong summit on April 21, 2012. We understand you will discuss possible debt alleviation, humanitarian and development assistance, and ongoing concerns over the human rights situation in Burma.
  • North Korea: International Investigation into Enforced Disappearances Needed
    Apr 4, 2012
  • Japan: A Year After Fukushima, Response Falls Short
    Mar 9, 2012
    Many residents of Fukushima prefecture still lack basic information and clear answers about the level of radiation in their food and environment. Although the explosion at the Daiichi plant is considered the most severe radiation crisis worldwide since Chernobyl, many residents of Fukushima prefecture report that they have not been able to have their children tested for radiation exposure. They also told Human Rights Watch that the government provides contradictory information about the impact of radiation on human health.
  • Japan: Press Burma’s Foreign Minister on Rights
    Oct 20, 2011
    Japanese officials should press Burma’s visiting foreign minister on the need for genuine reforms to improve human rights in Burma.
  • Statement: Dialogue between Japanese civil society and Ugandan Embassy on LGBT issues
    Jul 10, 2011
    On June 27, three organizations concerned with human rights - Tokyo Pride, Human Rights Watch Tokyo, and African Japan Forum - met with representatives of the Embassy of Uganda to express concerns about recent violations of rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) persons in that country.
  • Malaysia: Lawsuit Against Rights Defender Impedes Public Debate
    Jun 22, 2011
    A defamation lawsuit against a human rights defender who blogged against violations of migrant worker rights threatens to chill debate on matters of public interest in Malaysia.
  • Japan: Raise Rights as China Crackdown Escalates
    May 18, 2011
    Prime Minister Naoto Kan of Japan should call on China to release the large number of peaceful critics it has rounded up in recent months during Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Japan.
  • Japan: Governor Should Retract Homophobic Comments
    Feb 1, 2011
    The governor of Tokyo, Shintaro Ishihara, should immediately retract his recent statements denigrating lesbians and gay men, Human Rights Watch said today.
  • A Plea for Bilateral Plain Talk
    Nov 12, 2010
    Philippine President Benigno Aquino III visits Japan this week for the first time since he took office on June 30, to attend his first Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Yokohama. As human rights are a pillar of Japan's foreign policy, Prime Minister Naoto Kan should express Japan's concern about the ongoing extrajudicial killings in the Philippines carried out with near complete impunity, and make clear that failure to address the killings seriously will jeopardize the bilateral relationship.
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