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  2. Animal welfare and rights in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, regulations concerning animal-handling businesses exclude livestock and do not specifically address farm animals. [2] The anti-cruelty and duty of care provisions also apply to animals used in research. The law mandates that alternative methods should be considered and that the number of animals used should be minimized.

  3. Animal rights by country or territory - Wikipedia

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    Animal rights vary greatly among countries and territories. Such laws range from the legal recognition of non-human animal sentience to the absolute lack of any anti-cruelty laws, with no regard for animal welfare. As of November 2019, 32 countries have formally recognized non-human animal sentience.

  4. Eating live animals - Wikipedia

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    Eating live animals is the practice of humans or other sentient species eating animals that are still alive. It is a traditional practice in many East Asian food cultures. Animals may also be eaten alive for shock value. Eating live animals, or parts of live animals, may be unlawful in certain jurisdictions under animal cruelty laws.

  5. Act on Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and ...

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    The Act provides the legal framework for the domestic designation of Endangered Species and Natural Habitat Conservation Areas as well as for the honouring of international commitments under the Washington Convention (CITES) and conventions and agreements on migratory birds, including the 1972 Japan-U.S Migratory Birds Convention, 1973 Japan ...

  6. Wildlife Protection Areas in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Wildlife Protection Areas (鳥獣保護区, chōjū hogoku) in Japan are established by the Ministry of the Environment and, for areas of more local importance, by the Prefectural Governments in order "to protect and promote the reproduction of birds and mammals" in accordance with the 2002 Wildlife Protection and Hunting Law (鳥獣の保護及び狩猟の適正化に関する法律 ...

  7. Japan raises age of consent from 13 to 16 in overhaul of sex ...

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    In February, a justice ministry panel proposed raising the age of consent in Japan as part

  8. Anti-cruelty law that gives pigs more space could raise ham ...

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    It seemed for a while that California's controversial pork law would take effect only when pigs fly. The law was fought all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, but starting this month, farmers ...

  9. Japan toughens defamation laws in response to online bullying ...

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    Japan has criminalized online insults, making cyberbullying punishable by up to a year in prison, extending the statute of limitations and amplifying the fine, in the wake of a reality star's suicide.