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Trafficking in persons 41
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Russia Plays Both Sides Against the Middle on Senkaku Islands 14 November 2012 \| Publisher: Jamestown Foundation \| Document type: Country News
Journalists barred from anti-nuclear protest coverage 8 November 2012 \| Publisher: Reporters Without Borders \| Document type: Country News
Freedom of the Press 2012 - Japan 2 November 2012 \| Publisher: Freedom House \| Document type: Annual Reports
Two executed in Japan amid fears of new wave of hangings 27 September 2012 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country News
Senkaku (Diaoyu/Diaoyutai) Islands Dispute: U.S. Treaty Obligations 25 September 2012 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Regional Reports
Japanese reporter killed, two missing in Syria 20 August 2012 \| Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists \| Document type: Country News
Compilation : [Universal Periodic Review] : Japan / prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21 13 August 2012 \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Council \| Document type: Compilations
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21 : [Universal Periodic Review] : Japan 6 August 2012 \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Council \| Document type: Country Reports
2011 Report on International Religious Freedom - Japan 30 July 2012 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
Japan: Heavy rains and landslide risk prevent hundreds from returning home 25 July 2012 \| Publisher: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) \| Document type: Country News

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