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Interior Ministry scolds MOJ for treatment of tourists: April 13th, 2009By Arudou Debito; Japan’s ministries are bickering with each other over an NJ issue (tourism), demonstrating how MOJ and MLITT are stepping on MOIA’s toes and goals. (Not to worry, alphabet soup defined below.) Also exposed is how Japan’s hotels aren’t keeping their legal promises. They’re snaffling tax breaks for registering with the GOJ to offer international service – » Continue Reading; CommentsView Comments

2channel: the bullies’ forum: April 3rd, 2009By Arudou Debito; Bullying in Japan is a big problem. The victims have limited recourse. Too often they are told to suck it up and self-reflect. Or if they fight back, they get criticized for lashing out. It’s a destructive dynamic, causing much misery and many a suicide. The bullies are empowered by an odd phenomenon: In Japan, the » Continue Reading; CommentsView Comments

Outrage over Mie-ken teacher criminalizing students through fingerprinting.: February 26th, 2009By Arudou Debito; I received word recently about a schoolteacher in Mie-ken who dealt with a suspected theft by taking everyone’s fingerprints, and threatening to report them to the police. He hoped the bluff would make the culprit would come forward, but instead there’s been outrage. How dare the teacher criminalize the students thusly? » Continue Reading; CommentsView Comments

Local Governments don’t include Non-Japanese residents in their tallies of “local population”: February 24th, 2009By Arudou Debito; Someone pointed out a singular thing to me the other night – that local governments have started to lists its population and households in various municipal subsections, adding that “foreigners are not included”. » Continue Reading; CommentsView Comments

GOJ Human Rights Week commemorative pamphlet includes NJ issues of discrimination: January 14th, 2009By Arudou Debito; Good news, of sorts. December 4, 2008 saw the start of Japan’s official “Human Rights Week” (Jinken Shuukan), when the GOJ spends money (and claims to the UN national campaigns of awareness raising) to promote issues of human rights. » Continue Reading; CommentsView Comments

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