Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09TOKYO1408
2009-06-23 02:23:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tokyo
how-toVZCZCXRO6321 OO RUEHFK RUEHKSO RUEHNAG DE RUEHKO #1408 1740223 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 230223Z JUN 09 FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3978 RUEHC/DEPT OF LABOR WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE INFO RUEHFK/AMCONSUL FUKUOKA PRIORITY 4784 RUEHNAG/AMCONSUL NAGOYA PRIORITY 2340 RUEHOK/AMCONSUL OSAKA KOBE PRIORITY 8587 RUEHKSO/AMCONSUL SAPPORO PRIORITY 5310
UNCLAS TOKYO 001408
SIPDIS
DEP FOR DOL/ILAB: LEYLA STROTKAMP; DRL/ILCSR:
MARK MITTELHAUSER; G/TIP: STEVE STEINER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELAB KTIP JA
SUBJECT: CHILD LABOR: JAPAN
REF: STATE 21472
UNCLAS TOKYO 001408
SIPDIS
DEP FOR DOL/ILAB: LEYLA STROTKAMP; DRL/ILCSR:
MARK MITTELHAUSER; G/TIP: STEVE STEINER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELAB KTIP JA
SUBJECT: CHILD LABOR: JAPAN
REF: STATE 21472
¶1. (SBU) In interviews with government officials (Ministry of
Health Labor and Welfare, Ministry of Justice),International
Organizations (ILO Office in Japan, IOM Japan),worker
organizations (RENGO),and academics and NGOs involved in
Child Labor issues (JNATIP),Embassy Tokyo has discovered no
instances of the use of child labor in the production of
goods in Japan.
ZUMWALT