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August 25, 2017

Japan’s Vision for a Revolution in Child Care

A revolution was said to take place in the alternative care industry for children in Japan on August 2 when the Ministry of Health, Labor announced its new vision for such care.

Children's Rights

A revolution was said to take place in the alternative care industry for children in Japan on August 2 when the Ministry of Health, Labor announced its new vision for such care.

August 25, 2017 Commentary

Japan’s Vision for a Revolution in Child Care

Kanae Doi
Japan Director

Published In: Yahoo! Japan
Children's Rights

Instead of rushing to place children in institutions, the government should give troubled families the support they need to improve the family environment. Since it is usually best for a child’s physical and mental well-being to be in a family setting, any decision to remove a child from their family should require careful consideration.

July 26, 2017 Commentary

Keep Children with their Families

Kanae Doi
Japan Director

Published In: Huffington Post Japan
Asia

May 17, 2017 News Release

Japan: Don’t Fund Abusive Philippine Drug Rehab Services

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LGBT Students Bullied in Japan
May 1, 2014 Video

Japan: Children in Institutions Denied Family Life

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May 5, 2016

“The Nail That Sticks Out Gets Hammered Down”

LGBT Bullying and Exclusion in Japanese Schools
May 1, 2014

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Children in Alternative Care in Japan
January 17, 2002

Recommendations to the International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan

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July 11, 2017 Letter

Letter from HRW to Japanese Director of Global Health Policy Division Hinoshita Eiji
June 6, 2017 Statement

States should protect LGBTI persons from violence and discrimination; Philippines should cooperate with UN executions mandate
May 17, 2017 Letter

Letter from Human Rights Watch to Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and President Shinichi Kitaoka
April 27, 2017 Dispatches

Japan’s Missed Opportunity to Support LGBT Children

Kanae Doi
Japan Director
March 24, 2017 News Release

Japan: Anti-Bullying Policy to Protect LGBT Students
March 13, 2017 Commentary

Why Rex Tillerson Must Bring Up Human Rights on His First Asia Trip

John Sifton
Asia Advocacy Director

Published In: The Diplomat
February 28, 2017 Commentary

How Will Japan Respond to Attacks on Women’s Health?

Kanae Doi
Japan Director

Published In: Yahoo! JAPAN
February 24, 2017 Amicus Briefing

Include LGBT Students in Basic Policy for the Prevention of Bullying
February 16, 2017 Dispatches

Japan Turns a Blind Eye to Philippines’ Abusive ‘Drug War’

Phelim Kine
Deputy Director, Asia Division
February 9, 2017 Dispatches

Japan’s Abe Should Press Trump on Foreign Aid

John Sifton
Asia Advocacy Director
January 13, 2017 Commentary

Abe’s Shameful Silence on Duterte’s Abusive “War on Drugs”

Kanae Doi
Japan Director

Published In: Yahoo! JAPAN
January 12, 2017 News Release

Japan: Improve Migrant Treatment, Accept Refugees

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UN Warns of "Ethnic Cleansing" in Burma: HRW Daily Brief

Daily Brief

September 11, 2017

UN warns of "ethnic cleansing" in Burma; Stop medically-unnecessary surgeries on intersex children; 'Political education' detainees in China; Zimbabwe's disappearing diamond wealth & human rights; Kids keep getting killed in Duterte's 'war on drugs'; and the United Kingdom is putting profits ahead of human lives.