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• Fukushima nuclear disaster: Tepco executives on trial – BBC News. June 30, 2017
• Japan court shocks nuclear industry with liability ruling – Asia Times. March 20, 2017
• Highest radiation reading since 3/11 detected at Fukushima No. 1 reactor – The Japan Times. February 3, 2017
• Okinawa: Protesters rally against US military presence on Japanese island – ABC Radio Australia. June 19, 2016
• Fukushima's ground zero is no place for man or robot – Reuters. March 10, 2016
• Tokyo issues Japan's first same-sex partner certificates – Sydney Morning Herald. November 5, 2015
• Japan turns back the clock with non-pacifist bill – Reuters. September 19, 2015
• Japan legislative committee approves security bills – Associated Press. September 17, 2015
• Huge protest in Tokyo as Japanese citizens refuse war contribution – Reuters. August 31, 2015
• Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe apologetic over WWII, but says next generation not obliged – ABC Radio Australia. August 15, 2015
• Japan court halts restart of two reactors in blow to nuclear sector – Reuters. April 14, 2015
• Japan's high child poverty rate driven by an increasing number of single-parent families – ABC Radio Australia. March 1, 2015
• Okinawa Islanders face off with Tokyo over bases – Reuters. February 2, 2015
• Japan slides into recession as tax hike takes toll – Australian Associated Press. November 17, 2014
• Hundreds in Tokyo protest Japan's decision to restart nuclear plant – ABC Radio Australia. November 8, 2014
• Fukushima workers sue Tepco over unpaid hazard wages – BBC News. September 3, 2014
• Return of the samurai: Japan steps away from pacifist constitution as military eyes threat from China – ABC Radio Australia. August 19, 2014
• Hiroshima marks 69th anniversary of atomic bombing – ABC Radio Australia. August 6, 2014
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• World Report 2017: Japan – Human Rights Watch. January 12, 2017
• World Report 2016: Japan – Human Rights Watch. January 27, 2016
• Japan – Amnesty International Report 2014/15
• Annual Report 2013: Japan - Amnesty International. May 23, 2013
• 2012 Human Rights Report: Japan - Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. April 19, 2013
• 2011 Human Rights Reports: Japan - Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor - May 24, 2012
• Annual Report Japan - Amnesty International. May 24, 2012
• Human Rights in Japan - Amnesty International Report. May 2011
• 2010 Human Rights Report: Japan - Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. April 8, 2011
• Human Rights in Japan - Amnesty International Report 2010
• Human Rights in Japan - Amnesty International Report 2009
• Human Rights in Japan - Amnesty International Report 2008
• Human Rights in Japan - Amnesty International Report 2007