"【調査報告書】「テレビ局の人権施策の実施状況に関するアンケート調査報告」," 3 June 2025

"Unofficial Japanese-to-English translation by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre"

Human Rights Now conducted a survey to investigate the implementation of human rights policies in the television industry. The letter was sent to 10 major television stations in Tokyo and Kansai at the end of February and requested to respond by the end of March. As a result, seven companies responded, two declined to respond, and one did not respond.

On 29 May 2025, a report summarising the results and analysis of the survey as well as recommendations was released. A press conference was held at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to announce the publication of the report.

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Regarding Japan's media and entertainment industry, the Working Group on Business and Human Rights pointed out in its report in 2024 that Japan is not fulfilling its responsibility to respect human rights, such as preventing sexual abuse. However, although major television stations are making efforts such as formulating human rights policies, it must be said that the industry's response is insufficient...