{"id":2113,"date":"2008-12-31T14:14:19","date_gmt":"2008-12-31T05:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=2113"},"modified":"2008-12-31T18:46:52","modified_gmt":"2008-12-31T09:46:52","slug":"debitoorg-poll-on-most-important-human-rights-advancement-in-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=2113","title":{"rendered":"Debito.org Poll on most important human rights advancement in 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/handbook.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1298\" title=\"HANDBOOKsemifinalcover.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/HANDBOOKsemifinalcover.jpg\" alt=\"Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants, and Immigrants to Japan\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/welcomestickers.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1704\" title=\"welcomesticker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/welcomesticker-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\\\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.francajapan.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1705\" title=\"franca-color\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/franca-color-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Foreign Residents and Naturalized Citizens Association forming NGO\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/tshirts.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1701\" title=\"joshirtblack2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\\\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html#japanese\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1700\" title=\"jobookcover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/jobookcover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\u300c\u30b8\u30e3\u30d1\u30cb\u30fc\u30ba\u30fb\u30aa\u30f3\u30ea\u30fc\u3000\u5c0f\u6a3d\u5165\u6d74\u62d2\u5426\u554f\u984c\u3068\u4eba\u7a2e\u5dee\u5225\u300d\uff08\u660e\u77f3\u66f8\u5e97\uff09\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html#english\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1699\" title=\"japaneseonlyecover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/japaneseonlyecover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"JAPANESE ONLY:  The Otaru Hot Springs Case and Racial Discrimination in Japan\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHi Blog. \u00a0Here is a good poll to round out the end of the year. \u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>What do you think is the most significant human rights advancement in Japan in 2008? (all issues on this blog)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-17-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\">\n<ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n<li> <input id=\"poll-answer-102\" name=\"poll_17\" type=\"radio\" value=\"102\" \/>\u00a0<label for=\"poll-answer-102\">The coveted Akutagawa Book Prize going to a non-native author.<\/label><\/li>\n<li> <input id=\"poll-answer-103\" name=\"poll_17\" type=\"radio\" value=\"103\" \/>\u00a0<label for=\"poll-answer-103\">The U Hoden Case awarding damages to a bullied Chinese-Japanese schoolgirl.<\/label><\/li>\n<li> <input id=\"poll-answer-104\" name=\"poll_17\" type=\"radio\" value=\"104\" \/>\u00a0<label for=\"poll-answer-104\">The successful Zainichi student complaint lodged against exclusionary Nihon U debate club.<\/label><\/li>\n<li> <input id=\"poll-answer-105\" name=\"poll_17\" type=\"radio\" value=\"105\" \/>\u00a0<label for=\"poll-answer-105\">The successful lawsuit against Tochigi strawberry farms who underpaid and fired Chinese trainees.<\/label><\/li>\n<li> <input id=\"poll-answer-106\" name=\"poll_17\" type=\"radio\" value=\"106\" \/>\u00a0<label for=\"poll-answer-106\">The GOJ declaring the Ainu an official indigenous people.<\/label><\/li>\n<li> <input id=\"poll-answer-107\" name=\"poll_17\" type=\"radio\" value=\"107\" \/>\u00a0<label for=\"poll-answer-107\">The 12,000 yen &#8220;economic stimulus&#8221; bribe opened to all NJ taxpayers.<\/label><\/li>\n<li> <input id=\"poll-answer-108\" name=\"poll_17\" type=\"radio\" value=\"108\" \/>\u00a0<label for=\"poll-answer-108\">The increasing international awareness of Japan as a haven for child abductions after divorce.<\/label><\/li>\n<li> <input id=\"poll-answer-109\" name=\"poll_17\" type=\"radio\" value=\"109\" \/>\u00a0<label for=\"poll-answer-109\">The Supreme Court declaring unconstitutional the patrimony acknowledgment requirement for citizenship.<\/label><\/li>\n<li> <input id=\"poll-answer-110\" name=\"poll_17\" type=\"radio\" value=\"110\" \/>\u00a0<label for=\"poll-answer-110\">Something else \/ None of the above.<\/label><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<li> <input id=\"poll-answer-111\" name=\"poll_17\" type=\"radio\" value=\"111\" \/>\u00a0<label for=\"poll-answer-111\">Can&#8217;t say \/ Don&#8217;t know etc.<\/label><\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Vote at the blue right-hand corner of this blog page (i.e. not directly above&#8211;the click bubbles are purely cosmetic). \u00a0Do a keyword search within the Debito.org Blog if you want to know more about each issue (they&#8217;re all discussed). \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you think I&#8217;ve left something out, please add something in the Comments Section below&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, check out my next Japan Times JUST BE CAUSE column due out January 6 (Jan 7 outside the metropolises) when I rank them in order of importance. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yoi otoshi o, everyone, and thanks for reading and supporting Debito.org in 2008. \u00a0Arudou Debito in Sapporo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do you think is the most significant human rights advancement in Japan in 2008? (all issues on this blog):<\/p>\n<p> The coveted Akutagawa Book Prize going to a non-native author.<br \/>\n The U Hoden Case awarding damages to a bullied Chinese-Japanese schoolgirl.<br \/>\n The successful Zainichi student complaint lodged against exclusionary Nihon U debate club.<br \/>\n The successful lawsuit against Tochigi strawberry farms who underpaid and fired Chinese trainees.<br \/>\n The GOJ declaring the Ainu an official indigenous people.<br \/>\n The 12,000 yen &#8220;economic stimulus&#8221; bribe opened to all NJ taxpayers.<br \/>\n The increasing international awareness of Japan as a haven for child abductions after divorce.<br \/>\n The Supreme Court declaring unconstitutional the patrimony acknowledgment requirement for citizenship.<br \/>\n Something else \/ None of the above.<br \/>\n Can&#8217;t say \/ Don&#8217;t know etc.<\/p>\n<p>Vote early, vote often!  Check out my next Japan Times JUST BE CAUSE column due out January 6 (Jan 7 outside the metropolises) when I rank them in order of importance.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-polls","category-human-rights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}