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involved in the business are
adoping more sophisticatedmethods′ experts say

In the past most vlctims
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consecutive year ll1 2013.Tier 2is」 ■e category for collntries iat
th the lninimllm
failto comply

KYODO
SIl tookル vhat appeared to be alllcrauve job offer at a Thres―kers and thett passports weretaken away.But now the crlrne
talkes less ob ous forms, be―standards for elilnhating ttaf

to put her younger brotter

iclkillg as outlined in he Traf
iclcingや lcirls Protectlon Act,vvhch becarne la v in the United

throllgh school.

States ln 2000.

tatrcalt in lapan to earn money

were sent to lapan」 懸Ough bro―cause rnally、 ″omen are recruit¨
ed and n■ anaged by thelr owll
reladves/said I仙 [oko Ueda,di―rector of Help Asian Vヽ 石omentvhich pro、 ■des emer―
ShelteL 、ge,cy accommodations to、 ■c―

But she never irna,ned upOnrhie many developed na―■ヽng ttom Thdand that she

broker by a nearヶ ¥5 mlllion

tions, incluttg the UnitedStates, Canada and France, areranked Tier l, Iapan is ranked

lmS Ofhuman tr」 nclcing.

debt and be forced into prostlttl―

equal 、 tll such colllltrieS as

were once tdon.

Nepal,Senegal alld Zalnbia.It

facilitate the trlean tllei cOtln■ アiS bOtl■ a des―l■ aion ttd tlmsit polllt for sex

is also one ofthe few developednadons yet to ratty the U ted
Nations protocol on preventing′

IMany Fa■ dsuppressing alld punlsl■calriL■、votJd ind herself bollnd to her

Pvlany Japal■ ese are st■ lI■l■ ed tOl■labor tlaickers and theLctlms.

In some cases′

need to ralse public avarenessclcing of others.

Pillo glrls are in―vited by theaunts, who ttln
Ⅵcun■zer after pay]ng or the里■49btS・ Tttx"uab91lte

ing tr〔 f―flchg in people,■ vhch supple―

For more dlan a decade′ infact, Japarl's record on human廿 chg has been one ofthe,vorst amon3 tl■ e developed
llatlons, Actl、 ■sts say tllere ls a

women lvho

cked themselves

史■8119rs and lIC gLIs by疑 鶏angey Call tよ e walm showers anggュments the U.No Convention′agalnst Trcallsnationa1 0rgarllzed

pat sllshi m Japanチ Slle s■ o.

Crime.

Because vlctilns no17vadavs

Although lapan amended its
penal code廿1 2005 to criminal―
ize ttle btlyg and selling ofIQ mOre lilke

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to keep the=ṕassPorts and mob」 e phones,
it is had to deterlnine vvheher

ol the lsstle and intloduce colnprehensive le」 slatiOn to address

humall beings/cridcs atte thatthq′ have no avenue of escapQ

defhidOn、v711at they say is a modern formof slaverソ ・″

resdts in few crlr― 」 prosecu―
tions because rnany、 vomen ttre

But One yo■ lng woman s d she´
ls often afraid to re― home be―law is the hctthtt noboゥ rea■ ya result of blachail and fraud′v、 ■th no monet〔 Ⅱy transactionslnvolved.
The tticle e sts,but■ only

Helping hand:ShihokO Fuilwara′ head Ofthe」 apanese office of the Polaris Proiect′ Speaks at acovers a smtt portiOn of hesen

Behind the lack of an emective

knowsせ s lkind of hing goes onh lapall.Maly people are sta‐

ded to md Out that ths ctte
ests here at anμFul

said shhoko

征 bllnder and head ofheT,nЯ n∩ 青ヽcρ ∩fthρ p∩ ln Q pr∩ iρ rla′this″ overly narroW′覧￨

cause lnembers ofher own fam―forced into l■ ― an tlarlclking asover』 且ow oftl■ e crin■ eμ Fuii―hni
ヽA″ lrn C,ia rЯ llin。 1∩ r Яlnllた 十

ily tte in cahoots
she said.

基■
nar on human trafficking in ShibuvaWard′Tho■ mρ ndmρ nil∩ lhρ nρ n,I q∩ rnρ littρ q、 A/∩

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̀̀Shρ 、ば2s s∩ weak antt collld

th her allnt

It is crucial to secwe a safe
place for thenl to reLど nチ 'said
Ueda,Ivho highttghts the impoト
tallce of setting up shelters not
Ottyin lapan′ btltin other colln―
tries as weu.

F可ncra′bllnder and head ofthe

overal■ ow of thc crlmer Ftti―

Tapan oflicρ ofthρ Polaris projectlAァwhich supports sextrancltingc―
血 s.The omce.vin rtu.llnder theentirety.

new narne hghhouse Center br
Hllman TramclKingVicdlns,starthg On Jan.1.

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The arnendmentto thc penal

pra Sajd′

calling lor a lnv/thatc〔 m deal■ vith廿 」
nclring in its

Prosecutors need to bringcharges by combttg a numbercode was not enough tO close」he gap v、 ■h the uN.protocol.
Also,we need to place more re―sornetirpes works on its o■vn to■ee vlctims.

In one of many harrow―ing cases,Fuiiwara and a staff′stricdons on the sex indus町 チ
member rescued a South Ko―

She、 vas so weak and col】 ld

barely stand or wdで 'Fuiiwara

Butshe was never auo、 vedsald.
tosit a hospital and was forced

to accept custorners up until

she said.

rean womanln her20s who sゝsabout three hollrs before we ar―

Yoshida wants to see ttle gOv̲errlment make more e ort tO
craclc dolvn on h― an tr」 Eclningcases mvolving Japanese,notiust

forced to work as a prostitute torlved:′

prey to tra正 ickers because theyof diferent statutes, but sincethese do not capuFe au the ele̲ments ofhllman trattclkin3 only
a hand遍 l of ctims are recog―
rllzed as having been tr
cked,

pay or her debt bondage after
being recmited by a Souぬ Ko―
rean broker and sent to Japan

Since 2005,Polaris Prttect hasreceived around 3,000 consl」 ta,
tions and has been able to offer

don t have to be flown ln fromexperts say.

foreign women,and wodd lilce

on a tounst vlsa.

help to some 150 women andFuii■ vara said that more rapa―

nese women′ including girls as
yotung as 13 or 14′

are falling

Yoko Yoshida, a lawyer andoverseas,which lowers he traf‐
ickers' costS. Those being tar―geted include vlctims of domes―
olence,single mothers anddcewtO ttalingWith

era aLnost 24 hollrs a day7 she

Against Tr」 nclring ln Persons′sald: ̀There are so n■ any glray

the issue,rather haniuSt relying

had ahost no chance to escapeon nonproit orgaruations andiom the smal room m TO● 0's

wolnen facing serious 6hancial

cases tl■ at ae not recognized asprvhere she was
Ueno district ■kept. Feas over her deterio―

hardship fcDllo■ vlng the 2011ecariqu」 (e and tsLlnarru.

co― leaderof the Japan NeLvorkh― an t[血 clking.At he ttry
least we need to be able to ana―

to see it forln an organization de―vtnted exclus

ate shelters.

Since rnany who are tr

cked

choose not to go to the police
sals and cOncern

According to the UoS,Statelμ e Why some cases are recog―

for fear of rep

Departlnenぜ s armud Tratticlc
ing in Persons Report′ 丁apan

nized and ohers are noち but
cllrrently that informadon is notthat they will not get a sppa―
thetic hetting iorn the JapaneSerernalned in Tier 2 for the 13th

available to us。

auhorities,he Polaris ProieCt

Monitored by a secllnty carn―

ratng hedぬ fha■y prompted
her to seek help iom a Korean
nonproit orgttation hat sub―only h ttapan′ bl■ tin other coun―llies as well.
̀A■yone llllま t come across■5 Crime in his or her neigh―borhood or even aboard a plane
ctims are in transit.h
fact, here have been cases inwhch bfokers were caught foト

whenlowing tips by citizens″ F可ara

said:̲1lt is impQrtant not to belndifferentr

ManY P,9ple,型 Ⅲ Ⅲ ■■12⊇ ⅢⅢtes chOose thctt linc ofchildren.It estttnates the nuΠ l―ber of sexual tr clcing ctims、ln lapan at 54,000 a yea二WOrt but■ want肛 lore people toctlms
bovv that there are also、 ■But the number of hllman

w,9 are unab19 t9 e,Cape iOmtr」 nclking

Ⅵctilns recorЩ tted

by the Nationd Pouce Agency

the̲horrible situauQtts hey■

themselves='

m2012 stood at a mere 27.Thecase of」 he South Korean vvolnan

To cο ttsυ ためθPoノ aris ProJθ cちa∂ 〃θ720θ ス%θ ア″死フ″∂燿sequendy contacted he Polarislvas not alnong them.
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