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Japan Court Bans Labor Contracts in Probe of Human Trafficking
TOKYO Japan's Supreme Court today banned the practice of labor contracts linked to advances in a case tracing court rulings on human trafficking and forced labor. The ruling overturned district court verdicts and signaled a rare shift in precedent from 1921. A related June case involved a Shikoku Island farmer and his 16 year old daughter, who went to work as a waitress under an advance wage contract.
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