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  2. Slavery in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Slavery in Japan. Japan had an official slave system from the Yamato period (3rd century A.D.) until Toyotomi Hideyoshi abolished it in 1590. Afterwards, the Japanese government facilitated the use of " comfort women " as sex slaves from 1932 to 1945.

  3. Comfort women - Wikipedia

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    Japan has largely disregarded recommendations from the United Nations Human Rights Council, as well as the rulings from the Women's International War Crimes Tribunal concerning Japan's military sexual slavery. [210] Japan has resisted pressure from other countries, including the United States and the European Union, who have passed resolutions ...

  4. Slavery in Asia - Wikipedia

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    Slavery in Japan was, for most of its history, indigenous, since the export and import of slaves was restricted by Japan being a group of islands. The export of a slave from Japan is recorded in a 3rd-century Chinese document, although the system involved is unclear. These people were called seiko (生口), lit. "living mouth". "Seiko" from ...

  5. Category:Slavery in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Sex trafficking in Japan. Categories: Slavery by country. Society of Japan. Social history of Japan. Slavery in Asia. Human rights abuses in Japan.

  6. Slavery - Wikipedia

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    Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. [ 1 ] Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location of work and residence dictated by the party that holds them in bondage. Enslavement is the placement of a person into slavery, and the person is called a slave or an enslaved person ...

  7. History of slavery - Wikipedia

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    Slavery in Japan was, for most of its history, indigenous, since the export and import of slaves was restricted by Japan being a group of islands. In late-16th-century Japan, slavery was officially banned; but forms of contract and indentured labor persisted alongside the period penal codes' forced labor.

  8. Nanban trade - Wikipedia

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    Nanban trade (南蛮貿易, Nanban bōeki, "Southern barbarian trade") or the Nanban trade period (南蛮貿易時代, Nanban bōeki jidai, "Southern barbarian trade period") was a period in the history of Japan from the arrival of Europeans in 1543 to the first Sakoku Seclusion Edicts of isolationism in 1614. [note 1] Nanban (南蛮, "Southern ...

  9. Black people in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Jero was the first black enka singer in history. Asuka Cambridge (born 1993), Jamaica-born sprinter. Pape Mour Faye (born 1986), Senegal-born basketballer. Samba Faye (born 1987), Senegal-born basketballer. Chris Hart (born 1984), US-born pop singer. Jero (born 1981), US-born enka singer.