Position Paper, Child Labor Japan

Topic: Developing measures to reduce international child labor exploitation
Country: 日本国 (State of Japan)
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What is Child Labor?
Child labor is the employment of children under anage determined by law or custom. This practice is considered exploitative by many countries and international organizations. Child labor was not seen as a problem throughout most of history, onlybecoming a disputed issue with the beginning of universal schooling and the concepts of workers' and children's rights .Child labor can be defined as any tedious work assigned to a child that results in anegative impact on his physical, emotional or mental health. However, it must be noted that there is no universal definition of child labor. When children get affected by this they are often forcedto do it, doesn’t matter is because of threats, food, or simply because they are alone. This problem affects everyone because children are the future of the whole society, and if one country getsaffected by it a lot of countries around it too. The incidence of child labor in the world decreased from 25% to 10% between 1960 and 2003, according to the World Bank. The usual case is that the childrendon’t go to school so he or she can help the family with money.
Child Labor in Japan
Child labor is illegal in a lot of countries, but unfortunately in some is not. In Japan this problem wasincredibly big not so much ago, but thanks to the effort of different organizations the exploitation has been significantly reduced. Japan's constitution contains several laws protecting children's rights,such as the Labor Standards Law, which governs the age at which children can work and under which conditions they can work. The Japanese constitution also states as one of its main principles thatminors shall not be exploited, including through work. In Japan, anyone under the age of 20 is considered a minor. In Japan all children are required by law to complete nine years of full-time primary...