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Polaris Post Volume 44
February 2011
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February and March will bring you two Polaris events conducted in English!
Come and join the fun!
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* Meet Bradley Myles, Polaris Project CEO, on Wednesday, February 16
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Sex Trafficking in Japan and How We Can Stop It
Seminar with Polaris Project CEO Bradley Myles
Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Time: 7:00 p.m. (Talk will start at 7:30 p.m.)
Venue: Temple University, Japan Campus, Mita Hall 503/504
Speaker: Bradley Myles
Moderator: Robert Dujarric
Admission: Free. Open to general public.
RSVP:
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* If you RSVP you are automatically registered. If possible, we ask you
to RSVP but we always welcome participants even if you do not RSVP.
http://www.polarisproject.jp/news/42-news/912-bradspeechattemple
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* Afternoon Tea with Polaris Project Japan
Showing Award Winning Film ‘LILYA 4-EVER’(English subtitles)
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The film will be followed by a short discussion and Q&A session hosted
by the staff of Polaris Project Japan.
Date: Saturday, March 5, 2011
Time: 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m (Film to start at 3:30 p.m.)
Venue: Dharma Cafe, Machihara Bldg. 1F,
3-8-3 Nishi Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0031.
Admission: Free entry, guests are asked to buy one \500 drink ticket
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Polaris-Project-Japan-porarisupurojekuto/126033827416456#!/event.php?eid=165003220214150
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* Polaris Project Monthly Seminar 2010 "You Know Human Trafficking?"
The ninth seminar at The Body Shop Shinjuku on Saturday, February 26
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The February Polaris Japan seminar will focus on the much discussed issue of
child pornography in Japan. Child pornography is child sexual exploitation, which is
one form of human trafficking.
The ninth seminar will invite professor Akihiko Morita, former PR manager
of Unicef Japan who has been tirelessly working for anti-child
pornography law in Japan. We will discuss child porn, violence against
children, issues and directions forward.
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Ninth Seminar: Pros and Cons of Regulating The Possession of Child Pornography
Without Distribution
<Date> Saturday, February 26, 2011, 4pm-6pm
<Venue> The Body Shop Shinjuku, 3rd Floor, The Body Shop Room (max 30 seats)
JR Shinjuku East Exit (3-minute walk),
Tokyo Metro Shinjuku San-chome A5 Exit (1-minute walk)
http://www.mapion.co.jp/c/f?uc=4&pg=1&ino=BA799518&grp=bodyshop
<Speaker> Akihiko Morita, Professors of Shokei Gakuin University
<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 confirm your registration).
For more information, contact:
Polaris Project Japan Office
E-mail:
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<Next Seminar>
Saturday, March 26, 2011, 4pm-6pm
The Body Shop Shinjuku, 3rd Floor, The Body Shop Room
Speaker： Kikuko Fujita, The Body Shop Japan
"For-Profit Companies Have the Power to Change the World for the Better:
The Body Shop Japan CSR--Eliminating Child Trafficking" (subject to change)
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* Polaris Digest (January-February 2011)
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Jan 13 Polaris Japan, with other organizations, visited the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs to share opinions on the Convention on the
Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocol of filing individual
complaints for violation of the rights of children.
Jan 19 Polaris Japan spoke to freshmen at Kagoshima Prefectural College
on "Dating Violence and Sexual Exploitation."
Jan 29 Polaris Project Monthly Seminar 2010 "You Know Human Trafficking?"
Eighth Seminar "Human Trafficking from Overseas: Victimization
Hidden in Everyday Life"
Feb 4 Polaris Japan spoke at the Immigration Bureau, Ministry of Justice,
on human trafficking
From January 1st to 31st 2011, Polaris Project Japan received 26 traffcking inquiries.
Among the 26 contacts, 7 were by phone and 19 were by Internet.
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* Polaris on Facebook: http://bit.ly/polarisjp
* Human Trafficking Related News (in Japanese) http://bit.ly/cqeQHE
* Blog Polaris Diary: http://d.hatena.ne.jp/polarisproject/ (in Japanese)
* Booklet "It's Happening to Her, Right Now" On Sale (in Japanese)
http://bit.ly/bBod3r
* Polaris: SOS website for girls http://www.pol214.com/ (in Japanese)
* Polaris Project's Drop-in Center for Women (in Japanese) http://bit.ly/abOHFJ
* Polaris is tweeting: http://twitter.com/ppjapan (in Japanese and English)
* Polaris Community on mixi (in Japanese) http://mixi.jp/view_community.pl?id=1374560
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*You can be a Polaris Supporter with a continuous monthly donation
starting from 1,000 yen per month.
http://bit.ly/8ZWT13 (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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