U S State Department

JAPAN 2016 HUMAN RIGHTS Report U S State Department

Leading human rights problems included lack of due process for detention of suspects and poor prison and detention center conditions. Other persistent human rights problems included detention of asylum seekers; domestic violence, sexual harassment, and workplace discrimination against women; exploitation of children; trafficking in persons, including the exploitation of foreign trainee workers; and societal discrimination against persons with disabilities, minority group members, indigenous persons, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) individuals. There were also concerns over freedom of the press.