Other burakumin have served long sentences, sometimes on death row, but ultimately been proved innocent. More than 1.3 million people signed a petition seeking a new trial and his release.

Take the Burakumin as another example. The minority group in Japan has faced systemic discrimination that stretches back centuries, rooted in their association with certain occupations deemed impure ...

The peddlers belonged to the burakumin community, which was discriminated against as "impure." Hailing from Kagawa prefecture (west), they sold medicine along the Tone River.

Japan’s Outsider Caste The burakumin still feel the impact of centuries-old discrimination, though many Japanese deny these prejudices still exist. By Cristian Martini Grimaldi August 16, 2022 ...

There are still lists passed around Japan that name every descendant of a Burakumin and are used to bar them from certain jobs. And to this day, the names on those lists reportedly still make up more ...

One of the features focused on Japan's ostracised "untouchable" burakumin community. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The new documentary film that explores the discrimination against a group of people – commonly called “the burakumin” – who were classed into lowly groups and segregated from the rest of Japanese ...

MONO are releasing the soundtrack for a new documentary ”that explores the discrimination against a group of people – commonly called 'the burakumin' – who were classed into lowly groups and ...

But descendants of Burakumin still face discrimination in society however, they still dominate the crime syndicate. The group's crimes include drug dealing extortion sex work and trafficking.