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Japan women's rights
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![Protesters in Japan Rally After Accused Rapist Found Innocent by Criminal Court Protesters in Japan Rally After Accused Rapist Found Innocent by Criminal Court](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_17067340993357.jpg)
Protesters in Japan Rally After Accused Rapist Found Innocent by Criminal Court
By Thisanka Siripala
Protesters blame Japan’s penal code after a court acquits a father of raping his daughter based on the victim’s lack of physical resistance.
![Japan’s Domestic Violence Cases Reach All-Time High Japan’s Domestic Violence Cases Reach All-Time High](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-girl-690327_1280.jpg)
Japan’s Domestic Violence Cases Reach All-Time High
By Thisanka Siripala
After years of community pressure to raise awareness, abuse victims are speaking out in record numbers.
![6 Trillion Reasons for Asia to Act on Gender Equality 6 Trillion Reasons for Asia to Act on Gender Equality](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-03-07_14-53-10.jpg)
6 Trillion Reasons for Asia to Act on Gender Equality
By Anthony Fensom
The OCED estimates that 7.5 percent of global GDP is lost due to gender-based discrimination.
![Japan’s Forced Sterilization Victims Hit Back With a Wave of Lawsuits Japan’s Forced Sterilization Victims Hit Back With a Wave of Lawsuits](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_4701280192.jpg)
Japan’s Forced Sterilization Victims Hit Back With a Wave of Lawsuits
By Thisanka Siripala
The dark postwar population policy, modeled after Nazi Germany’s eugenics, resulted in systemic human rights abuses.
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