The Japanese and U.S. governments plan to jointly establish a new organization to eliminate human rights abuses from international supply chains, it has been learned.
Spurred by such issues as forced labor in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China, the new body will aim to promulgate within Japan regulations that Washington has strengthened to tackle such problems, according to several government officials.
Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura will meet with U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to sign a memorandum of understanding for the establishment of the organization during his visit to the United States.
