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The U.S. State Department's 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report has once again placed Japan in Tier 2 for the fifth year running, citing the country's inadequate measures in addressing child prostitution and the exploitation of foreign technical interns. Despite acknowledging Japan's significant efforts to eradicate human trafficking, the report criticizes the low number of investigations and prosecutions for labour and child sex trafficking, highlighting that many child sex traffickers continue to evade justice. The report urges the Japanese government to intensify its efforts to investigate and prosecute both sex and labour trafficking crimes and to impose appropriate penalties on those found guilty while also noting that China remains at the bottom of the rankings.
U.S. says Japan still has work to do in combating human trafficking
Japan's failure to criminally investigate and prosecute more labor and child sex trafficking cases has led the United States to leave it at the second-highest tier of a four-level scale published by the State Department, its annual report said Monday.
U.N. rights expert expresses concerns over sexual abuse in Japan
A U.N. human rights expert express concerns about various "challenges" in Japan, including alleged sexual exploitation and abuse of talent signed with a major Tokyo-based entertainment agency and discrimination against sexual minorities.