Polaris Post Volume 27
  August 2009
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* [Sunday, September 13, 4pm-: Polaris Monthly Seminar
              Voices from girls living in night towns]

Japanese girls are being trafficked, inside Japan.

I could hear you say "Really??!
But it is one type of human trafficking when underage children
are working in a sex industry.
Some girls enter a sex industry with a small trigger or out of some
trouble.

The girls who live in night towns may seem very different from you;
but wait until you listen to their stories.

The Polaris Project monthly seminar will welcome Jun Tachibana,
the editor of the VOICES　MAGAZINE.
The VOICES　MAGAZINE is a free magazine that has been in press since
2006. The magazine features struggles and stories of children who
live in night towns.
Ms. Tachibana will discuss the girls she met in Shibuya and Shinjuku
as well as her thoughts on prostitution and child pornography.

**Please note that the seminar will be held on Sunday this time.
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Polaris Monthly Seminar:
How do we stop commercial sexual exploitation of children?
Sixth in the Series--Girls living in night towns

<Date>
Sunday, September 13, 4pm-6pm

<Venue>
 JICA Chikyu Hiroba Seminar Room 302
(One-minute walk from Exit 3, Hiroo Station, Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line)
Map：http://www.jica.go.jp/hiroba/about/map.html

<Speaker>
Jun Tachibana, editor, VOICES MAGAZINE
（http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~voices2006/index.html）

<Admission Fee>
1,000 yen (500 yen for students; please present your student ID
 at the door)

<Registration>
Please fill in the form online (in Japanese) at:
http://my.formman.com/form/pc/jtlfbc6KYEZPZFJm/
* Your registration will be complete when you submit the form
  online (Polaris Project will not reply to your registration).
 * On-the-day registration will be accepted only when there are
  some vacant seats are available.

<<For more information, please contact:>>
Polaris Project Japan Office
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* Polaris Training for Tokyo Metropolitan Government Department of
 Education
Polaris Japan conducted a training for about 1000 teachers;
the training was entitled "Crimes targeting sexuality of children--
the trend from the prospective of NPO"
http://www.polarisproject.jp/programs/training/518-2009-08-04-02-59-03(in
Japanese)

*The Body Shop to launch "Stop Sex Trafficking of Children and
 Young People" Campaign
 Their flyer will feature Polaris Project's outreach website and hotline.
Please visit their store around Japan and pick the yellow flyers!
http://mainichi.jp/select/wadai/news/20090822dde041040071000c.html
(in Japanese)

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*Polaris: SOS website for girls http://www.pol214.com/ (in Japanese)

*Booklet "It’s Happening to Her, Right Now" On Sale
http://www.polarisproject.jp/news/42-news/279-book (in Japanese)

*Human Trafficking Related News (in Japanese)
http://www.polarisproject.jp/cases

*Polaris Project in the News (in Japanese)
http://www.polarisproject.jp/aboutus/media

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*You can be a Polaris Supporter with continues monthly donation
starting from 1,000 yen per month.
http://www.polarisproject.jp/donate (in Japanese)
If you join now, the booklet "It’s Happening to Her, Right Now"
will be given as a welcome gift!

*Turn your online shopping into actions to support Polaris through
E-Kokoro http://www.ekokoro.jp/ngo/polaris/index.html
(Donation website in Japanese)

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