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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. Timeline of abolition of slavery and serfdom - Wikipedia

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    Law of 7 November 1831, abolishing the maritime slave trade, banning any importation of slaves, and granting freedom to slaves illegally imported into Brazil. The law was seldom enforced prior to 1850, when Brazil, under British pressure, adopted additional legislation to criminalize the importation of slaves. 1832.

  4. María Luz incident - Wikipedia

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    incident. The María Luz incident (マリア・ルス号事件, Maria-Rusu-Gō Jiken) was a diplomatic incident between the early Meiji government of the Empire of Japan and the Republic of Peru over a merchant ship holding Chinese indentured labourers in slavery-like conditions in Yokohama in 1872. It was an early test of the independence of ...

  5. Slavery in Asia - Wikipedia

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    Slavery is integral to the social, economic, and political history of Central Asia. Polities of different sizes and structures such as nomadic confederations, [12] agrarian city-states, [13] and empires [14] all engaged in and at various times promoted the enslavement and trade of people and the exploitation of their labor. [15]

  6. History of slavery - Wikipedia

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    People would become slaves when they incurred a debt. Slaves could also be taken during wars, and slave trading was common. Torajan slaves were sold and shipped out to Java and Siam. Slaves could buy their freedom, but their children still inherited slave status. Slavery was abolished in 1863 in all Dutch colonies. [275] [276]

  7. History of Japan - Wikipedia

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    History of Japan. The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to the Paleolithic, around 38–39,000 years ago. [ 1 ] The Jōmon period, named after its cord-marked pottery, was followed by the Yayoi period in the first millennium BC when new inventions were introduced from Asia.

  8. Human rights in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Japan is a constitutional monarchy. The Human Rights Scores Dataverse ranked Japan somewhere in the middle among G7 countries on its human rights performance, below Germany and Canada and above the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and the United States. [1] The Fragile States Index ranked Japan second last in the G7 after the United States on its ...

  9. Timeline of Japanese history - Wikipedia

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    663. The Japanese navy is decisively defeated in the Battle of Baekgang, marking the withdrawal of Japan from Korean politics. 665. First coastal defences of Kyushu were built at what is now the Ōnojō Castle Ruins. 668. The Ōmi Code was adopted starting the Ritsuryō law system.