"U.N. member states urge Japan to improve treatment of migrants" 2 Feb 2023

Member states of the United Nations on Thursday called on Japan to improve its treatment of migrants and asylum seekers, including those in detention facilities, and set up a domestic institution to monitor human rights in the country.

These points were among the nonbinding recommendations released by a working group under the world body's Human Rights Council. [...]

The recommendations in the Universal Periodic Review called on Japan to deal with applications promptly and appropriately, and to set a maximum term for detention by the government.

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Some of the recommendations urged Japan to improve the working conditions of foreign and migrant workers, including technical interns, and prevent abuse against them.

[Takao Imafuku, deputy chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Foreign Policy Bureau] told the body that Japan has introduced on-site inspections and a consultation service for such workers.

Japan is expected to say which of the recommendations it will adopt at a monthlong plenary session of the Human Rights Council starting in June.

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