{"id":16358,"date":"2020-12-31T10:27:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T18:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=16358"},"modified":"2020-12-31T10:28:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T18:28:13","slug":"my-japan-times-jbc-119-top-5-human-rights-issues-of-2020-a-watershed-year-for-japans-foreign-residents-dec-31-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=16358","title":{"rendered":"My Japan Times JBC 119: Top 5 Human Rights Issues of 2020: “A Watershed Year for Japan’s Foreign Residents” (Dec. 31, 2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nHi Blog. \u00a0Happy New Year! \u00a0As has happened at the Japan Times for more than a decade, here is my annual countdown of the top human rights issues for the past year in terms of their impact on NJ Residents in Japan.<\/p>\n

I usually do a Top Ten, but since I only had 1000 words this year, it became a Top Five with a few “bubble unders” snuck in. \u00a0Enjoy! \u00a0Debito Arudou, Ph.D.<\/p>\n

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2020 was a watershed year for Japan’s foreign residents<\/strong>
\nBy Debito Arudou, The Japan Times, Just Be Cause, Dec 31, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMay you live in interesting times,\u201d goes the famous curse. By that standard, 2020 was captivating. One thing affected everyone worldwide: COVID-19. And in Japan, our international community was hit particularly hard by public policy regarding its containment.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

There were many other issues worth mentioning, however. For example, the Education Ministry announced an increased budget for language support in schools for non-Japanese children next year \u2014 a promising sign. However, Japan\u2019s continued mistreatment of those kept in immigration detention centers, and an officially acknowledged incident of \u201chate speech\u201d in Kitakyushu that went unpunished, were also steps backward from the goal of an inclusionary society.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

We don\u2019t have space for them all, so below are the top five issues I feel were of greatest impact to Japan\u2019s non-Japanese residents in 2020, in ascending order.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

5) Black Lives Matter in Japan…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Read the rest at https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/community\/2020\/12\/31\/issues\/japan-2020-foreign-resident-issues\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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The issues that bubbled under (with links to sources):<\/p>\n