Private security company hired by authorities to research anti-base protesters in Okinawa Published at 02.04.2019 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI minority groups surveillance negative court ruling HRD prosecuted protest Read more
Anti-racism protests held to counteract far-right marches Published at 05.12.2018 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest LGBTI environmental rights enabling law Read more
Protests nationwide in Japan calling for reforms to anti-rape law Published at 14.08.2019 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship women protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
UN Special Rapporteur criticises Japan's freedom of expression laws Published at 29.06.2016 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law protest Read more
Protests against increased international role for Japan's military Published at 15.12.2016 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest Read more
New law sparks fears of downward spiral in civic freedoms Published at 07.07.2017 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law surveillance protest release of HRDs Read more
Escalating tensions over militarisation in Okinawa spark protests Published at 12.10.2017 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest Read more
Regional tensions spur militarisation of Japan, sparking citizen protests Published at 12.12.2017 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups protest political interference environmental rights Read more
Anti-US base activist faces imprisonment as Okinawa protests continue Published at 08.02.2018 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest restrictive law HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Activists alarmed by protest restrictions in Tokyo Published at 11.09.2018 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest LGBTI women minority groups time,place restrictions Read more
Immigration detainees in Japan hold hunger strike while Okinawa anti-base protests continue Published at 22.01.2020 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship refugees and migrants protest Read more
Anti-Olympics activist’s house raided while group urges games facilities be opened up to homeless Published at 29.04.2020 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment protest environmental rights youth Read more
Activist groups in Japan call for end to racism, police abuse and passage of equality law Published at 27.08.2020 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest LGBTI torture/ill-treatment minority groups Read more
Academic freedom at risk, barriers for transgender women as NGOs submit reports to UN on Japan Published at 14.01.2021 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship women political interference protest LGBTI 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
Opposition against Olympics continues, as state of emergency extended in Japan Published at 12.05.2021 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship protest 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
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: protest LGBTI women minority groups 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
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
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
