Ordinances/Declarations of Local Governments for the Elimination of Buraku Discrimination and Protection of Human Rights

(Annex 8)

* The number of municipalities includes the 23 special wards.

Prefecture		Municipalities
	Adopted instruments	Number*	Ordinance	Declaration
Hokkaido		212	0	0
Aomori		67	0	0
Iwate		58	0	0
Miyagi		71	0	0
Akita		69	0	0
Yamagata		44	0	0
Tokyo		62	0	1	Human Rights Declaration of Shinagawa Ward
Saitama	Purpose of the declaration	90	0	90	Declaration was adopted in all municipalities of the prefecture and the purpose of the declaration was adopted by the prefecture.
Gunma	Human rights declaration	70	1	30	Ojima town enacted the ordinance. 6 cities, 18 towns and 6 villages adopted declarations.
Tochigi	Human rights ordinance	49	0	0	An ordinance for community improvement under the respect of human rights was enacted by the prefecture on March 12.
Ibaraki		84	0	1	Tomobe Town's Declaration of Respect for Human Rights
Chiba		80	0	5	Declaration was adopted in the cities of Sahara, Sakura and Noda, and the towns of Sekijuku and Shisui. (Kimizu city adopted the purpose of the declaration.)
Kanagawa		37	0	0
Yamanashi		64	0	0
Nagano	Petitions	120	119	120	Ordinance was enacted by 17 cities, 36 towns and 66 villages. All municipalities adopted the declaration.
Nigata		111	1	1	Joetsu city enacted the ordinance and Shibata city adopted the declaration.
Fukushima		90	0	0
Shizuoka	Human rights declaration	74	0	1	Fukuroi City Declaration of Human Rights Protection City
Aichi	Human rights declaration	88	0	4	Declaration was adopted by the cities of Nagoya and Tsushima, and the towns of Toyoyama and Jimokuji.
Gifu		99	0	3	Yoro town, Ogaki city and Seki city were declared municipalities of human rights.
Mie	Ordinance and declaration of human rights	69	58	69	11 cities, 38 towns and 9 villages enacted the ordinance. The prefecture and all municipalities adopted the declaration.
Toyama		35	0	0
Ishikawa		41	0	0
Fukui	Ordinance and declaration of human rights	35	1	4	The prefecture enacted the ordinance for community improvement under the respect of human rights and adopted the declaration. Takahama town enacted the ordinance. 1city, 2 towns and 1village adopted the declaration.
Shiga	Ordinance and declaration of human rights	50	45	41	The prefecture enacted the ordinance for community improvement under the respect of human rights and adopted the declaration. 6 cities, 38 towns and 1village enacted the ordinance. The declaration was adopted by 5 cities, 35 towns and 1 village.
Kyoto	Human rights declaration	44	1	44	Kasagi town enacted the ordinance for the elimination of Buraku discrimination. All municipalities adopted the declaration.
Nara	Human rights ordinance	47	25	18	Nara Prefecture Ordinance for the Elimination of Buraku Discrimination and Respect of Human Rights. 9 cities, 13 towns and 3 villages enacted the ordinance. The declaration was adopted by 18 municipalities.
Wakayama	Human rights ordinance	50	2	8	The Wakayama Prefecture Ordinance for Human Rights was enacted in April 2002. Wakayama city and Yuasa town also enacted the ordinance. The declaration was adopted by 3 cities and 5 towns.
Osaka	Human rights ordinance/Regulation on personal background investigation	44	34	28	23 cities, 10 towns and 1 village enacted the human rights ordinance. 19 cities, 8 towns and 1 village adopted the declaration.
Hyogo		88	4	74	Izushi town (March, 2002), Hamasaka town, Kasumi town and Miki city enacted the ordinance. The declaration for the elimination of Buraku discrimination was adopted by 17 cities and 57 towns.
Okayama		78	2	20	Kasaoka city (December, 2001) and Wake town enacted the ordinance. 4 cities, 11 towns and 5 villages were declared municipalities of human rights protection.
Hiroshima		86	28	27	The ordinance was enacted by 1city, 24 towns and 3 villages. The declaration was adopted by 4 cities and 23 towns.
Yamaguchi		56	0	2	Yamaguchi city and Ogori town were declared municipalities of human rights protection.
Tottori	Human rights ordinance	39	39	2	The Tottori Prefecture Ordinance for Community Development with Respect of Human Rights was enacted by all municipalities in the prefecture.
Shimane	Human rights declaration	59	0	59	Prefecture and all municipalities declared communities to respect for human rights.
Tokushima	Regulations	50	50	0	The Tokushima Prefecture Ordinance for the Prevention of Buraku Discrimination was enacted by all municipalities in the prefecture.
Kagawa	Regulations	37	35	35	The Kagawa Prefecture Ordinance for the Prevention of Discriminatory Incidents/Climate was enacted by 5 cities and 30 towns. The declaration was adopted by 5 cities and 33 towns.
Kochi	Ordinance and declaration of human rights	53	11	22	The Kochi Prefecture Ordinance of Human Rights was enacted by 5 cities, 4 towns and 2 villages. The prefecture, 6 cities, 11 towns and 5 villages adopted the declaration.
Ehime	Human rights ordinance	70	38	70	The Ehime Prefecture Ordinance of Community Building with Respect of Human Rights was enacted by 9 cities, 25 towns and 4 villages. All municipalities in the prefecture adopted the declaration.
Fukuoka	Regulations	97	83	81	Fukuoka Prefecture Ordinance for the Prevention of Buraku Discrimination. 20 cities, 55 towns and 8 villages enacted the ordinance. 20 cities, 54 towns and 7 villages adopted declaration.
Oita	Human rights declaration	58	27	58	The Oita Prefecture Declaration of Human Rights was enacted. 9 cities, 59 towns and 19 villages enacted the ordinance. All municipalities adopted the declaration.
Nagasaki		79	0	0
Saga	Human rights ordinance	49	48	1	7 cities, 36 towns and 5 villages enacted the ordinance. The declaration was adopted by 1 town.
Kumamoto	Regulations	94	88	0	The Kumamoto Prefecture Ordinance to Regulate Personal Background Investigation was adopted by 9 cities, 59 towns and 19 villages.
Miyazaki		44	0	6	The Ebino City Declaration for the Elimination of Buraku discrimination and Human Rights Protection was adopted by Nichinan, Hyuga, Nobeoka and Kobayashi cities and Takasaki town.
Kagoshima	Human rights declaration	96	2	16	Miyanoshiro town and Hishikari town enacted the ordinance. 6 cities and 10 towns adopted the declaration.
Okinawa		52	0	0
Total	16 ordinances and 11 declarations	3239	742	941	1,710 (758 ordinances and 952 declarations in 47 prefectures and 3239 municipalities)

This chart was based on a survey conducted by Central Committee for the Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Policies on July 2 of 2003.