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Japan: "Recovery Olympics" may hinder Tohoku reconstruction following earthquake & tsunami disaster
Author: Magdalena Osumi, The Japan Times
“‘Recovery Olympics’ moniker for 2020 Games rubs 3/11 evacuees the wrong way”, 10 March 2019...
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Japan: Solidarity Network with Migrants Japan asks for inclusion of racial harassment in draft guidelines on power harassment
Author: Solidarity Network with Migrants Japan
[Excerpt translation from Japanese to English provided by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]...
Japan: Uber Eats delivery workers face dangerous driving conditions, labour union says
Author: The Mainichi Newspapers
"Japan's Uber Eats delivery workers threatened by dangerous driving: labour union", 7 Feb 2020...
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Japanese megabanks accused of financing rainforest destruction in Rainforest Action Network's report
In a new report entitled “Will Japan’s Megabanks Stop Financing Rainforest Destruction?” published by Rainforest Action Network, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Mizuho Financial Group (Mizuho), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMBC Group),...
Will Japan’s Megabanks Stop Financing Rainforest Destruction?
Author: Rainforest Action Network
January 2020...
Japan: Lawsuit highlights employer practice of confiscating foreign labourers' personal documents
On 23 January 2019, a Filipino woman sued her former employer, AdvanceConsul Certified Administrative Procedures Legal Specialists’ Office, for confiscating her personal documents, including her passport. The case draws attention to the practice among...
Japan: Seminar held to report progress on National Action Plan & exchange stakeholder views
Author: International Labour Organization
“Stakeholders’ Common Request presented at an event co-organized by Working Group members for development of the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights”, 24 Jan 2020...
Japan: Companies struggle to implement workplace policies for LGBTQ employees
Author: Huffington Post Japan
[Excerpt translation from Japanese to English provided by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]...
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Myanmar: Kirin's subsidiaries allegedly maintain business ties with Myanmar's military; company responds
The Guardian's article, "Australian craft beer brewer faces criticism over partnership with Myanmar military", alleges that Kirin’s business partnership with the Myanmar military “provides not only much-needed foreign currency for the isolated Myanmar...
New owner of New Belgium Brewing, Kirin's subsidiary Little Lion World Beverages criticised over partnership with Myanmar's military
Author: David Pred
"Australian craft beer brewer faces criticism over partnership with Myanmar military", 28 Dec 2019...