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November 21, 2019

Outcry as Japanese TV Show Mocks Transgender Woman

Last week, a Japanese television program outed and mocked a transgender woman, exposing the harsh reality trans people face in Japan.

LGBT Rights

November 21, 2019 Dispatches

Outcry as Japanese TV Show Mocks Transgender Woman

Kanae Doi
Japan Director
Refugee Rights

October 23, 2019 Commentary

Japan’s Quiet Embrace of Myanmar’s Top Rights Abuser

Teppei Kasai
Program Officer, Asia Division

Published In: Asia Times
Business

October 19, 2019 News Release

Japan: Hold Myanmar to Account for Atrocities

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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

August 25, 2019 Commentary

Japan Continues to Help Myanmar Whitewash the Rohingya Crisis

Teppei Kasai
Program Officer, Asia Division

Published In: The Japan Times
June 14, 2019 Dispatches

Global Call to Reform Japan’s Law on Transgender People

Kyle Knight
Senior Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
April 10, 2019 Letter

Call to Eliminate Japan’s “Hostage Justice” System by Japanese Legal Professionals
March 22, 2019 Commentary

Japan Should Stop Acting Like China in Cambodia

Brad Adams
Asia Director

Published In: The Diplomat
March 19, 2019 Interview

Interview: The Invisible Struggle of Japan’s Transgender Population

Philippa H Stewart
Senior Media Officer
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

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Education Day Deadline: Daily Brief

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January 24, 2020

Education Day deadline; people with limited mobility can’t access pensions in Ukraine; the Maldives should stop destroying mangrove forests; Poland approves controversial "muzzle law"; press freedom under threat in Brazil; pressure on China to release rights defenders for Lunar New Year; and renewed airstrikes in Syria must cease.