Japan

US Government Reports

U.S. Department of State	Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999 International Religious Freedom Report - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 Trafficking in Persons Report - 2023, 2022, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001
CIA	Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments The World Factbook - Japan
Library of Congress	Country Studies/Area Handbooks Program
Library of Congress - Congressional Research Service (CRS)	U.S.-Japan Relations - June 2024 U.S.-Japan Critical Minerals Agreement - May 2024
Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (LLOC)	Family Reunification Laws in Selected Jurisdictions - July 2014

Non-Government Organization Reports

Amnesty International	Amnesty International: Death Sentences and Executions - 2020 Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee – Jan. 2022
BBC	Timeline
Country Maps	University of Texas at Austin - Map Collection
Election Guide	Recent Elections
Freedom House	Freedom in the World - 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 Freedom on the Net - 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
Human Rights Watch	“They Don’t Treat Us Like Human Beings” Abuse of Imprisoned Women in Japan - Nov. 2023 “The Law Undermines Dignity” Momentum to Revise Japan’s Legal Gender Recognition Process – May 2021 “I Was Hit So Many Times I Can’t Count” Abuse of Child Athletes in Japan - July 2020 “A Really High Hurdle” Japan’s Abusive Transgender Legal Recognition Process – March 2019 "The Nail That Sticks Out Gets Hammered Down" LGBT Bullying and Exclusion in Japanese Schools - May 2016 Without Dreams: Children in Alternative Care in Japan - May 2014 Owed Justice: Thai Women Trafficked into Debt Bondage in Japan - September 2000
Minority Rights Group International	State of the World’s Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - 2016, 2015
World Health Organization	Webpage

Country Profiles

Amnesty International	BBC
Freedom House	Human Rights Watch

Updated June 5, 2024