Japan: Protests mobilised in Okinawa, against evictions of the homeless in Osaka and in support of Palestine Published at 20.01.2025 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: women labour rights excessive force protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Japan: Press freedom ranking drops while new law passed to remove defamatory online posts Published at 27.08.2024 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: youth refugees and migrants protest Read more
Japan: Local governments restrict journalists while union members sacked following strike Published at 16.04.2024 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI labour rights protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
Japan: Multiple protests in solidarity with Palestine as well as anti-militarisation protests in Okinawa Published at 24.01.2024 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest protestor(s) detained minority groups Read more
Japan: Protests against Fukushima water discharge plan, strike by workers while a journalist files a lawsuit Published at 27.09.2023 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest censorship labour rights environmental rights Read more
Japan: Protests mobilised to oppose militarisation, gender inequality and revisions to the immigration law Published at 21.06.2023 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: women protest disruption refugees and migrants excessive force protest protestor(s) detained Read more
UN body raises concerns about laws restricting press freedom and stifling of protests while foreign journalists in Japan face threats Published at 30.01.2023 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation non state actors Read more
Japan introduces tougher penalties for defamation, court ruling a setback for LGBTQI+ rights Published at 19.09.2022 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law LGBTI negative court ruling protest Read more
Japan's press freedom ranking drops while Okinawans, women and LGBTQI+ groups hold protests Published at 26.05.2022 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women minority groups protest Read more
Increasing Twitter takedowns by Japan while teachers and Okinawans hold protests Published at 16.02.2022 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption minority groups censorship labour rights protest land rights Read more
Protests in Japan around death in immigration detention, arrest of anti-Olympics activist Published at 06.10.2021 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Protests around Olympics opening while civil society slams failure to pass anti-discrimination bill Published at 29.07.2021 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest Read more
