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Fast Retailing partners with ILO to improve worker environments in Asia
Author: Japan Today
"Uniqlo operator ties up with ILO to improve Asia worker environments", 5 September 2019...
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Japan: 2 men file lawsuit against their employers for alleged demotion & pay cuts after paternity leave
Author: Motoko Rich, New York Times
"Two Men in Japan Dared to Take Paternity Leave. It Cost Them Dearly, They Say", 12 Sep 2019...
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Japan: Survey reveals 60% of freelancers experience workplace harassment despite new legislation
Author: The Mainichi
"About 60% of surveyed Japan freelancers harassed at work, labor laws insufficient", 12 September 2019...
Author: ヒューマンライツ・ナウ
ヒューマンライツ・ナウのモニタリングチームは、いくつかのオリンピックサイトを訪問し、状況を確認した結果、炎天下における作業が著しく過酷であること、労働者の人権上の配慮に欠ける深刻な懸念があること、それが死亡のリスクに直結するものであることを確認し、急遽本報告書をまとめることにしました。...
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Japan: Int'l union seeks third-party investigation into labour conditions at Tokyo Olympic sites
Author: The Asahi Shimbun
"International union: Workers still in danger at Olympic sites", 26 Aug 2019...
Japan: Over 2,000 doctors and dentists report unpaid wages across 50 hospitals
[Excerpt translation from Japanese to English provided by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre] Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology reported that 2,191 doctors and dentists, including graduate students, at 50...
Japan: Govt. says over 5,000 companies employing foreign trainees violated labor laws in 2018
Author: The Japan Times
"Record 5,160 firms employing foreign trainees in Japan violated labor laws in 2018, ministry says", 9 Aug 2019...
Human Rights Now reports on alleged labour violations in Thai poultry supply chain
Author: Human Rights Now
"Labour Rights Violations in the Thai Poultry Industry Within the Supply Chains of Japanese Companies", 25 June 2019...
Japan: Tokyo 2020 Olympics will "violate human rights", activists say
Author: Japan Times
“We'll all be losers in 2020, anti-Olympic activists say”, 23 July 2019...
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« Discriminations.Les entreprises au secours des expats LGBT », 4 juillet 2019...
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