Japan Black Market Value: $108.3 Billion
World Average: $20.34 Billion
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Data on Japan Black Market
Training program in Japan raises concerns of human trafficking
In 2009, the Government of Japan found over 400 cases of the mistreatment of foreign workers in a government sponsored training program, including the failure to pay wages and exposure to dangerous conditions.
From 2005 to 2010, at least 127 trainees have died. The cause of death for many have been strokes or heart failures, signs of overwork.
Source: Hiroko Tabuchi, “Japan Training Program Is Said to Exploit Workers,” New York Times, July 20, 2010.
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- Tags: Human Trafficking, Japan Black Market | July 22nd, 2010
Police identifying less human trafficking victims in Japan
Police in Japan are identifying less human trafficking victims over the past five years.
Below is the number of human trafficking victims found within the calender year.
2009: 17 victims.
2008: 36 victims.
2007: 43 victims.
2006: 58 victims.
2005: 116 victims.
Source: US Department of State, “Country Narratives: Japan,” Trafficking in Persons Report 2010, June 2010.
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- Tags: Human Trafficking, Japan Black Market | June 14th, 2010
Cost to smuggle workers from Thailand to Japan
Two Japanese men were arrested in Thailand for bringing up to 300 Thais into Japan. The price they were charging per head was $21,000 to bring them from Thailand into Japan.
Source: The Star/Asia News, “2 Japanese men deported over smuggling workers,” Asia One News, May 27, 2010.
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- Tags: Human Smuggling, Japan Black Market, Thailand Black Market | May 27th, 2010
Number of counterfeit goods seized in 2002 World Cup
In the 2002 World Cup held in South Korea and Japan, authorities seized more than 3 million World Cup counterfeit goods before and during the tournament.
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- Tags: Counterfeit Sports Goods, Japan Black Market, South Korea Black Market | May 26th, 2010
Arrests for child pornography in Japan
A record 650 people were arrested for child pornography in Japan in 2009, according to the National Police Agency.
The agency received 4,486 complaints of child pornography on the Internet in 2009.
Source: Julian Ryall, Japanese government blocks a ban on child pornography,” Telegraph, May 14, 2010.
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- Tags: Child Pornography, Japan Black Market | May 15th, 2010
Vidoe Game Piracy affecting Nintendo
Japanese video game maker Nintendo discovered in June 2009 10 websites where their games were illegally downloaded 238 million times.
The total losses to Nintendo was $10.7 Billion.
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- Tags: Japan Black Market, Video Game Piracy Statistics | April 20th, 2010
Losses to Japanese Porn Industry from piracy in Taiwan
According to a lawsuit filed in Taiwan, 8 Japanese Porn companies lose $31 Million (1 Billion Taiwan Dollars) a year to piracy in Taiwan.
Source: AFP, “Japan porn firms threaten piracy lawsuit in Taiwan,” Google News, April 14, 2010.
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- Tags: Internet Piracy, Japan Black Market, Movie Piracy Statistics, Taiwan Black Market | April 14th, 2010
$150 Million sent back to Philippines from sex workers in Japan
Women from the Philippines working in Japan as sex workers send an estimated $150 Million a year back to their families.
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- Tags: Japan Black Market, Philippines Black Market | April 10th, 2010

