Dear all,

I am pleased to announce the first academic book on hate speech in Japan is available now.

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Hate Speech in Japan: The Possibility of a Non-Regulatory Approach

https://www.amazon.co.jp/Hate-Speech-Japan-Possibility-Non-Regulatory/dp/1108483992/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_ja_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A&dchild=1&keywords=hate+speech+in+japan&qid=1611801830&sr=8-1



• EDITORS: Shinji Higaki, Fukuoka University, and Yuji Nasu, Seinan Gakuin University

• PUBLICATION: January 2021

• CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

• FORMAT: Hardback, ebook

• ISBN: 9781108483995



This book explains the past and present status of hate speech regulations in Japan. The United States and European countries have adopted different approaches to resolve their respective hate speech problems. Both of them, however, continue to confront the dilemma that freedom of speech and anti-racism are fundamental values of human rights. Therefore, some scholars criticize the US approach as too protective of freedom of speech, while other scholars criticize the European approach as impermissibly violating that freedom. Compared to these countries, Japan is unique in that it does not criminalize hate speech and hate crime other than in the recently enacted Kawasaki City Ordinance criminalizing some kinds of hate speech. Japan basically relies on a comprehensive set of non-regulative tools to suppress extreme hate speech. This volume analyses Japanese hate speech laws and suggests a unique distinctive model to strike a balance between both core values of democracy.



• Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I. Outline:

1. Hate speech regulation and anti-discrimination in Japan Atsushi Kondo

2. Freedom of expression in Japan: constitutional framework of protection Shigenori Matsui

3. Hate Speech and International Law: The Internalisation of International Human Rights in Japan Ayako Hatano



Part II. History:

4. Buraku discrimination and hate speech: complex situations of classical and contemporary discrimination in Japan Takanori Yamamoto

5. Current movement of hate speech: focusing on hate speech directing to Korean residents in Japan Ryangok Ku

6. Failure of the human rights vindication bill Masayoshi Kaneko



Part III. Legal Framework:

7. Hate speech and criminal law frameworks in Japan Osamu Sakuraba

8. Tort liability for hate speech in Japan Kensuke Kajiwara

9. Frameworks of the local ordinances: efforts and challenges of local governments in Japan against hate speech Hideki Nakamura

10. The legislative process of the Hate Speech Elimination Act Katsuo Yakura

11. Hate Speech Elimination Act: a legal analysis Shinji Higaki



Part IV. Cases:

12. Kyoto Korean Elementary School Case: The Facts Il-song Nakamura, translated by Mana Sato

13. Kyoto Korean Elementary School Case: A Legal Analysis Shiki Tomimasu

14. An Injunction Banning a Xenophobic Group from Demonstrating: Kawasaki Case Toru Mori

Part V. Multidisciplinary Debates Relating to Hate Speech Regulation: Possibilities for Further Regulation:

15. The free speech jurisprudence in Japan: the influence of comparative constitutional law Keigo Obayashi

16. Japan's postcolonial hate speech Naoto Higuchi

17. Quantitative and theoretical investigation of racism in Japan: a social psychological approach Fumiaki Taka


Part VI. Current Issues:

18. Hate speech on the internet Kazushi Ogura

19. Hate groups and the use of public facilities: striking a balance between the right to assembly and interests of minority residents Yuji Nasu

20. Hate speech in the mass media: a dispute over broadcasting in Japan Shinji Uozumi.


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Naoto Higuchi
School of Human Sciences, Waseda University
2-579-15, Mikajima, Tokorozawa 3591192, Japan
higuchinaoto@waseda.jp