Tokyo sex parlor heads accused of illegally hiring foreign trainees The article describes a sex parlour which used Vietnamese women to provides sexual services. The women came to Japan to work on the Technical Internship Training Programme but lost their jobs in that due to the pandemic and could not return to Vietnam so turned to sex work to survive. Asahi Shimbun, 10 Nov 2020.
Report on the Current Situation of Migrant Women and the Discrimination They Face in Japan Prepared for the 63rd Session of CEDAW (UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women) by Solidarity Network with Migrants Japan (SMJ),February 2016
Japan foreign marriage This article focuses on the marriage of Asian women to Japanese men in rural areas of Japan, looking at the reasons for the growth of this, the system that supports it including the role of local governments and brokers, problems including the trafficking of women and the effects of divorce on the foreign women and children of these marriages, and positive outcomes. Wikipedia.
Kalakasan Migrant Women Empowerment Centre in Kawasaki: "We support women struggling to resolve various difficulties they face such as being caught in abusive relationships, starting life again with their children after fleeing from such relationships, legalizing visa status, and addressing problems related to child recognition, rearing and education while in Japan." This organisation was set up by Mardonia Nishimoto - see above for her story. See also: Help for abused migrant women in Japan Leny Tolentino, lay missionary at the Kalakasan Migrant Women Empowerment Centre near Tokyo, talks about how the centre helps Filipino women who are suffering physical abuse or having legal problems. Caritas, 17 July 2012. Also: Foreign victims of domestic violence band together This article includes the story of Mardonia Nishimoto, a Filipino woman who came to work in Japan and had two abusive Japanese husbands and who formed Kalakasan Migrant Women's Empowerment Centre to help other migrant women suffering domestic violence. Japan Today, 8 Jun 2008.
AWEP Asian Womens Empowerment Project アジア女性自立プロジェクト
Problems Faced by Foreign Women Living in Japan Indicated in the Telephone Counseling - Tokyo English Lifeline and Asian Women’s Fund, 2003. Parts IV and V consider health problems faced by foreign women. The report is in English and Japanese.
Female Thai Migrants in Japan by Pataya Ruenkaew. "Based on narrative biographical interviews with 22 Thai female migrants at conducted in Japan during July and August 2001 and information provided by Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) helping Thai women, this study discusses the process of migration which includes migration motivation, networks in migration, socio-economic factors associated with migration and women’s experiences as migrants in Japan. 2002.