Japan fares well in U.S. report on human trafficking

Japan remained in a group of countries the United States judges to fully meet minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking, according to a State Department report released Thursday.The department placed Japan in Tier 1, the highest classification on the four-tier list, for the second straight year because "authorities continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period."The department cited Japan's efforts such as increasing labor inspections of the nation's Technical Intern Training Program (TITP) and convicting and incarcerating more trafficker…READ FULL ARTICLE