Live statuteSupportedJPRacial hatred
第2条（定義）／前文
本邦外出身者に対する不当な差別的言動の解消に向けた取組の推進に関する法律（平成28年法律第68号）
- Target
- Unfair discriminatory speech and behaviour against persons of foreign origin legally residing in Japan — a declaration and a duties statute, not a criminal offence
- Test
- Public announcement of harm to life, body, liberty, honour or property, or extreme disparagement, for the purpose of facilitating or inducing a discriminatory attitude, that incites exclusion from local communities on grounds of foreign origin.
- Max
- No criminal penalty. Consultation, education, and awareness-raising duties on the national and local governments.
この法律において「本邦外出身者に対する不当な差別的言動」とは、専ら本邦の域外にある国若しくは地域の出身である者又はその子孫であって適法に居住するもの（以下この条において「本邦外出身者」という。）に対する差別的意識を助長し又は誘発する目的で公然とその生命、身体、自由、名誉若しくは財産に危害を加える旨を告知し又は本邦外出身者を著しく侮蔑するなど、本邦の域外にある国又は地域の出身であることを理由として、本邦外出身者を地域社会から排除することを煽動する不当な差別的言動をいう。
Official Japanese, Act No. 68 of 2016, art. 2, as published by the House of Representatives and on the Ministry of Justice Japanese Law Translation site. Working English (JLT, English is unofficial): unfair discriminatory speech that incites the exclusion of legally residing persons of foreign origin, including publicly announcing harm to life, body, liberty, honour or property, or extremely disparaging them, for the purpose of facilitating or inducing a discriminatory attitude. The preamble declares such speech 'unacceptable' (許されない). There is no penal article.
Cite · Act No. 68 of 2016, art. 2 · as of 2026-09-05
- Do not speak as if Japan criminalised hate speech in 2016. It did not.
- Limited. No criminal penalty. Scope is persons of foreign origin and their descendants legally residing in Japan, not a general hate-speech crime.
- House of Representatives official Japanese text: https://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/itdb_housei.nsf/html/housei/19020160603068.htm