Japan needs to do more to counter human rights abuses, says UN rights group


TOKYO: A group working under the United Nations Human Rights Council has issued a wide-ranging report about rights in Japan, including discrimination against minorities and unhealthy working conditions.

The report, issued this week in Geneva, recommended various changes in Japan, such as more training in businesses to raise awareness of rights issues, setting up mechanisms to hear grievances, enhancing diversity and strengthening checks on labour conditions, as well as sanctions on human rights violations.

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