Japanese Lawmakers Condemn China Ethnic Unity Law in Tokyo

Four Japanese bipartisan parliamentary groups condemned China’s Ethnic Unity and Progress Law at a press conference in Tokyo’s Nagatacho parliament district on June 30. Lawmakers Furuya Keiji, Yamatani Eriko, Yamada Hiroshi, Ishibashi Rintaro, and Ueno Hiroshi said Japan, as a democratic nation, cannot accept the law. Their statement urged the Japanese government to strengthen monitoring of China’s human rights situation and respond to cross-border activities in Japan. On July 1, Tibetan, Uyghur, Southern Mongolian, Hong Kong, and Chinese democracy representatives joined a Save Tibet Network event, warning the law would accelerate assimilation.