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Human Rights Reports

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Japan

Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

Japan

Section 2. Respect for Civil Liberties, Including:

Internet Freedom

The government did not restrict or disrupt access to the internet or censor online content, and there were no credible reports that the government monitored private online communications without appropriate legal authority. In March the Ministry of Justice reported that the number of human rights violations via the internet increased by 3.9 percent in 2019.

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U.S. Department of State

The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future