Article 18.
No person shall be held in bondage of any kind. Involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime, is prohibited.
Article 22.
Every person shall have freedom to choose and change his residence and to choose his occupation to the extent that it does not interfere with the public welfare.
Freedom of all persons to move to a foreign country and to divest themselves of their nationality shall be inviolate.
Article 24.
Marriage shall be based only on the mutual consent of both sexes and it shall be maintained through mutual cooperation with the equal rights of husband and wife as a basis.
With regard to choice of spouse, property rights, inheritance, choice of domicile, divorce and other matters pertaining to marriage and the family, laws shall be enacted from the standpoint of individual dignity and the essential equality of the sexes.
Article 27.
All people shall have the right and the obligation to work.
Standards for wages, hours, rest and other working conditions shall be fixed by law.
Children shall not be exploited.Japan Constitution
Article 220. (Unlawful Capture and Confinement)
A person who unlawfully captures or confines another shall be punished by imprisonment with work for not less than 3 months but not more than 7 years.
Article 223. (Compulsion)
(1) A person who, by intimidating another through a threat to another's life, body, freedom, reputation or property or by use of assault, causes the other to perform an act which the other person has no obligation to perform, or hinders the other from exercising his or her rights, shall be punished by imprisonment with work for not more than 3 years.
(2) The same shall apply to a person who, by intimidating another through a threat to the life, body, freedom, reputation or property of the relatives of, another causes the other to perform an act which the other person has no obligation to perform, or hinders the other from exercising his or her rights.
(3) An attempt of the crimes proscribed under the preceding two paragraphs shall be punished.
Article 224. (Kidnapping of Minors)
A person who kidnaps a minor by force or enticement shall be punished by imprisonment with work for not less than 3 months but not more than 7 years.
Article 225. (Kidnapping for Profit)
A person who kidnaps another by force or enticement for the purpose of profit, indecency, marriage or threat to the life or body shall be punished by imprisonment with work for not less than 1 year but not more than 10 years.
Article 226. (Kidnapping for Transportation out of a Country)
A person who kidnaps another by force or enticement for the purpose of transporting another from one country to another country shall be punished by imprisonment with work for a definite term of not less than 2 years.
Article 226-2 (Buying or Selling of Human Beings)
(1) A person who buys another shall be punished by imprisonment with work for not less than 3 months but not more than 5 years.
(2) A person who buys a minor shall be punished by imprisonment with work for not less than 3 months but not more than 7 years.
(3) A person who buys another for the purpose of profit, indecency, marriage or threat to the life or body, shall be punished by imprisonment with work for not less than 1 year but not more than 10 years,
(4) The preceding paragraph shall apply to a person who sells another.
(5) A person who sells or buys another for the purpose of transporting him/her from one country to another country shall be punished by imprisonment with work for not less than 2 years.
Article 226-3 (Transportation of Kidnapped Persons out of a Country)
A person who transports another kidnapped by force or enticement or another who has been bought or sold, from one country to another country, shall be punished by imprisonment with work for not less than 2 years.
Article 227. (Delivery of Kidnapped Persons)
(1) A person who, for the purpose of aiding another who has committed any of the crime proscribed under Articles 224, 225 or the preceding three Articles, delivers, receives, transports or hides a person who has been kidnapped by force or enticement or has been bought or sold, shall be punished by imprisonment with work for not less than 3 months but not more than 5 years.
(2) A person who, for the purpose of aiding another who has committed the crime proscribed under paragraph 1 of Article 225-2, delivers, receives, transports or hides a person who has been kidnapped shall be punished by imprisonment with work for not less than 1 year but not more than 10 years.
(3) A person who, for the purpose of profit, indecency or threat to the life or body, receives a person who has been kidnapped or sold, shall be punished by imprisonment with work for not less than 6 months but not more than 7 years.
4) A person who, for purpose proscribed under paragraph 1 of Article 225-2, receives a person who has been kidnapped shall be punished by imprisonment with work for a definite term of not less than 2 years. The same shall apply to a person, who has received a kidnapped person and causes or demands such person's relative or any other person who would be concerned about the safety of the kidnapped person to deliver any property, taking advantage of such concern.
Japan Penal Code
Article 63
A person who falls under any of the following items shall be punished by imprisonment with work for not less than one year and not more than ten years or a fine of not less than two hundred thousand yen and not more than three million yen:
(i) a person who has carried out or engaged in employment placement, labor recruitment or labor supply by means of violence, intimidation, confinement or other unjust restraint on mental or physical freedom;
(ii) A person who has carried out or engaged in employment placement, labor recruitment or labor supply with an intention of having workers do work harmful to public health or morals.
Article 65
A person who falls under any of the following items shall be punished by imprisonment with work for not more than six months or a fine of not more than three hundred thousand yen:
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(viii) A person who has carried out or engaged in employment placement, labor recruitment, or labor supply by placing a false advertisement or by presenting false conditions;
(ix) A person who has carried out or engaged in employment placement, labor recruitment, or labor supply for a factory, workplace, etc. of which working conditions are in violation of a law or regulation.Japan Employment Security Act
Article 5 (Prohibition of Forced Labor)
An employer shall not force workers to work against their will by means of violence, intimidation, imprisonment, or any other unfair restraint on the mental or physical freedom of the workers.
Article 117.
A person who has violated the provisions of Article 5 shall be sentenced to penal servitude of not less than one year and not more than ten years, or to a fine of not less than 200,000 yen and not more than 3,000,000 yen.Japan Labour Standards Law
Schedule (with respect to Articles 2, 13, 22, 42, 56 and 59)
(M) an offence provided for in Articles 224 to 228 (Kidnapping or abduction of a minor, Kidnapping or abduction for profit or other purposes, Kidnapping or abduction for ransom, etc., Kidnapping or abduction for transportation to foreign country and traffic in persons, Receipt, etc. of kidnapped or abducted person, Attempts) of the Penal CodeJapan Organised Crime Law
Article 4 Child Prostitution
Any person who commits child prostitution shall be sentenced to imprisonment with work for not more than five years or a fine of not more than three million yen.
Article 5 Intermediation in Child Prostitution
(1) Any person who intermediates in child prostitution shall be sentenced to imprisonment with work for not more than five years and/or a fine of not more than five million yen.
(2) Any person who intermediates in child prostitution with the intention of doing so on a regular basis shall be sentenced to imprisonment with work for not more than seven years and a fine of not more than ten million yen.
Article 6 Solicitation of Child Prostitution
(1) Any person who solicits another person to commit child prostitution for the purpose of intermediating child in prostitution shall be sentenced to imprisonment with work for not more than five years and/or a fine of not more than five million yen.
(2) Any person who solicits another person to commit child prostitution on a regular basis for the purpose set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be sentenced to imprisonment with work for not more than seven years and a fine of not more than ten million yen.
Article 8 Trafficking in Children for the Purpose of Child Prostitution
(1) Any person who buys or sells a child for the purpose of having the child be a party to sexual intercourse in child prostitution, or for the purpose of producing child pornography by depicting the pose of a child, which falls under any of the items of paragraph 3 of Article 2, shall be sentenced to imprisonment with work for not less than one year and not more than ten years.
(2) Any Japanese national who transports a child residing in a foreign state, who has been kidnapped by enticement or force or sold, out of that state shall be sentenced to imprisonment with work for a definite term of not less than two years.
(3) Any person who attempts the crimes prescribed in the two preceding paragraphs shall be punished.Japan Child Prostitution and Child Pornography Law
Paragraph 246
…the Constitution f Japan guarantees to the people the fundamental human rights (article 11, the Constitution of Japan), and provides “No person shall be held in bondage of any kind. Involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime, is prohibited.” (Article 18, ditto.)
Paragraph 247
…article 5 (prohibition of forced labour) and article 117 (penal provision for violation of the provision of article 5) of the Labour Standard Law (Law No. 49 of 1947).
Paragraph 73
The practice of advance money payments by employers to be deducted from wages to be received by labourers and of virtually binding the latter until the account balances existed in the past among entertainment, construction and spinning industries, but the enforcement of the Labour Standards Law aiming at the severance of labour obligations from money indebtedness has eliminated this evil practice, which hardly exists at present…
Article 7
Whoever induces others into prostitution shall be punished by penalties of up to three years’ imprisonment or a fine of up to 100,000 yen ($920) if fraudulent or coercive means were used, and up to three years’ imprisonment and a fine of up to 100,000 yen ($920) if force or threats were used.
Article 8
Penalties shall be increased to up to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of up to 200,000 yen ($1,840) if the defendant received, entered into a contract to receive, or demanded compensation for crimes committed under Article 7
