| Stanford Japan Guide > Society & Culture > Societal Issues > Discrimination & Human Rights | ||
| • | Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Research Institute | English | Japanese Aimed to eliminate all forms of discrimination, particularly Buraku problem in Japan. English section includes articles, newsletters, Q&A, etc. (Hits: 1,191 Listed: 10/29/2002) |
| • | Buraku Liberation League | English | Japanese Grass roots organization formed by Buraku people to fight against discrimination. (Hits: 1,188 Listed: 08/06/2003) |
| • | Center for Research and Documentation on Japan's War Responsibility | English | Japanese Represents Asian victimized by Japan during WWII, Legal Cases. (Hits: 1,194 Listed: 07/17/2003) |
| • | Ian's Buraku Research Resource Page | English Indivdually maintained resource base for people who wish to study the Buraku issue. Although ethnically Japanese, the Buraku-min are a social class composed of descendants of people with occupations classed as outcasts during the Tokugawa Period: butchers, leather workers, grave-diggers, tanners, executioners, and a few others. They were required to live in special communities (buraku). (Hits: 1,218 Listed: 01/20/2008) |
| • | Mitsubishi Racial Discrimination Lawsuit | English | Japanese Detailed account of one of the first major racial discrimination lawsuits in Japan. (Hits: 1,192 Listed: 12/01/2003) |
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