Japan’s very first law that protects racial minorities, such as Koreans, Chinese and other foreigners from hate speech in public was passed the Diet in May, 2016. Although it is a great improvement for protecting the right of minorities, however, the law does not actually ban hate speeches, because it does not sentence any penalties for violators. Moreover,it only covers people of overseas origin “who live legally in Japan” and it does not include undocumented immigrants, gender minority, religious minority other socially vulnerable people.Considering this situation,the author strongly suggests that Japan enact a new policy that truly restricts hate speech against various kinds of minorities. To be specific, Japan should introduce a law that …show more content…
To give a specific example, the report issued by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in 2014 claimed that “ hate speech and other behavior inciting racists violence and hatred based during rallies and in the media, including the internet, are “not always properly investigated and prosecuted” by Japanese authorities.” There are a lot of right-wing organizations which violates minorities in many other countries, however, countries such as Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and Australia prohibit hate speech. Germany is a good example regarding to the restriction of hate speech on the internet. In 2015, the German government makes a deal with Facebook, Twitter and Google to remove hate speech within 24 hours of it being reported. The author considers that Japanese government should take into account the international positions against hate …show more content…
The author strongly agrees that the freedom of expression is crucial part of democratism. It is true that that we should be very careful that the restrictions should not be misused by the government. Hate speech banning should only protect racial, religious, and gender minorities, and the author strongly claims that attacking the authorities in words should not be considered to be hate speech. To avoid abuse of power, first of all, it is required for the government to define what exactly hate speech is and what is not. Secondly, the government should see the other countries like Europe which implemented the restriction of hate speech as a