Japan-Thailand Relations The Japanese government's view
Japan–Thailand relations: A Wikipedia article
"Tougher Legal Weapons Needed against Trafficking" is the title of a 2003 article that reports on 'the lack of an official safety net for migrant labour in Japan, effectively leaving tens of thousands of men and women without visas" and thus vulnerable to exploitation.
This is an undated report on "Women Trafficking from Thailand to Japan".
"Japan to take in Thai workers after floods" is a 2011 newspaper article explaining how Japanese companies accepted Thai workers for a temporary 6-month period so that they could keep production up.
Tokyo court upholds deportation order for Thai teenager born and raised in Japan "A Thai teenager born and raised in Japan lost an appeal on Tuesday against a lower court ruling that upheld his deportation order, highlighting the country’s deep reluctance to accept non-Japanese people, even as its population ages and shrinks. The Tokyo High Court ruled that Utinan Won, a 16-year-old high school student living without a visa, should leave Japan. Won’s mother had already left Japan after lower court judges said her son could win residency if she returned to Thailand." Japan Times, Dec 6, 2016. See also the link below.
Japan-born son, Thai mom split by heartbreak legal deal This article looks at the case of a Thai woman who had been in japan more than 20 years, and was living on provisional release, who agreed to return to Thailand in order for her 16 year old son, who was born and grew up in japan, to stay in Japan. The article also looks at the situation of other similar families with members living on provisional release. Japan Times, Nov 24, 2016. See also the story above for later news on this case.
Organisations
The Thai Network in Japan in Japanese
Thai Network in Japan Facebook page
Longer academic articles and chapters in the books
Globalization and Asian Women This is a chapter written Matsui Yayori who long campaigned for the human rights of Asian women.
Human Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation in Japan is the title of an International Labour Organisation report that focus on the serious problems of sexual exploitation in Japan as a destination country for human trafficking. Pages 15-22 of this report deal with Thai nationals trafficked to Japan.