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June 14, 2019

Global Call to Reform Japan’s Law on Transgender People

A leading international health organization has urged the government of Japan to reform its legal recognition procedure for transgender people.

LGBT Rights

June 14, 2019 Dispatches

Global Call to Reform Japan’s Law on Transgender People

Kyle Knight
Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
Asia

March 22, 2019 Commentary

Japan Should Stop Acting Like China in Cambodia

Brad Adams
Asia Director

Published In: The Diplomat
LGBT Rights

March 19, 2019 Interview

Interview: The Invisible Struggle of Japan’s Transgender Population

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March 19, 2019 Video

Japan: Compelled Sterilization of Transgender People
May 5, 2016 Video

LGBT Students Bullied in Japan
May 1, 2014 Video

Japan: Children in Institutions Denied Family Life

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March 19, 2019

“A Really High Hurdle”

Japan’s Abusive Transgender Legal Recognition Process
September 14, 2017

Following the Money

Lack of Transparency in Donor Funding for Syrian Refugee Education
May 5, 2016

“The Nail That Sticks Out Gets Hammered Down”

LGBT Bullying and Exclusion in Japanese Schools

News

April 10, 2019 Letter

Call to Eliminate Japan’s “Hostage Justice” System by Japanese Legal Professionals
March 19, 2019 News Release

Japan: Compelled Sterilization of Transgender People
March 1, 2019 Commentary

A Silver Lining in Japan’s Supreme Court Transgender Ruling

Kanae Doi
Japan Director

Published In: The Diplomat
January 24, 2019 Commentary

Japan must stand with Vietnamese human rights activists

Teppei Kasai
Program Officer, Asia Division

Published In: Al Jazeera
December 19, 2018 Commentary

Tokyo's 'values-free' diplomacy and the Rohingya crisis

Teppei Kasai
Program Officer, Asia Division

Published In: The Japan Times
December 16, 2018 News Release

Japan: Football Star Working for Rights Abuser
December 2, 2018 Letter

Human Rights Watch Letter to Labour Policy Council Re: Draft Paper on Combatting Violence and Harassment at Work
December 2, 2018 Statement

Human Rights Watch Commentary on the November 19, 2018 draft paper of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for measures to combat violence and harassment
December 2, 2018 News Release

Japan: End Workplace Harassment, Violence
October 11, 2018 Commentary

Tokyo’s ‘Olympic’ LGBT Non-Discrimination Law

Kyle Knight
Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program

Published In: Asia Times
October 5, 2018 News Release

Tokyo: New Law Bars LGBT Discrimination
September 9, 2018 Letter

Letter to Foreign Minister of Japan Kono on Vietnam visit

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Guterres Has Disappointed on Human Rights: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

When will secretary-general of United Nations find his voice on human rights?; new report on water crisis in Iraq; pressure on China needed over abuse of Muslims in Xinjiang; Chinese businesses are changing Cambodia, not for the better; besieged Burundi’s journalists fight on; security forces in Cameroon kill civilians and rape woman; and important news on rescue of people in Mediterranean Sea.