Japan's First Periodic Report

• Initial reports of States parties: JAPAN (March 1987)[PDF:2,694KB]open a new window
• Excerpt from Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (Seventh session) [PDF:368KB]open a new window

Japan's Second and Third Periodic Report

• Second periodic reports of States parties: JAPAN (July 1992)[PDF:5,059KB]open a new window
• Third periodic report of States parties: JAPAN (November 1993)[PDF:6,301KB] open a new window
• Excerpt from Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (Fourteenth session) [PDF:368KB]open a new window

Japan's Fourth and Fifth Periodic Report

• Fourth periodic reports of States parties: JAPAN(August 1998)[PDF:2,711KB]open a new window
• Fifth periodic report of Stat party: JAPAN (September 2002)[PDF:2,157KB]open a new window
• Responses to the List of Issues and Questions for Consideration of the Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports [PDF:147KB]open a new window
• Introduction by Dr. Mariko Bando, Director General, Gender Equality Bureau, Cabinet Office of Japan, on the Occasion of the Consideration of Japan's Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports in the Twenty-ninth Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women(July 2003)[PDF:39KB]open a new window
• Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on its twenty-ninth session (A/58/38), paras. 337-378 [PDF:26KB]open a new window

Japan's Sixth Periodic Report

• Sixth Periodic Report on the Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women(April 2008)[PDF:516KB]open a new window
• Responses to the List of Issues and Questions with regard to the consideration of the Sixth Periodic Reports [PDF:378KB]open a new window
• Statement by Chieko Nohno, Member, House of Councillors, on the Occasion of the Consideration of Japan's sixth Periodic Report in the Forty-forth Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women(July 2009)[PDF:86KB]open a new window
• Concluding observations of Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women(August 2009)[PDF:75KB]open a new window
• Response by the Government of Japan on the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women(Follow-up report)(August 2011)[PDF:140KB]open a new window
• The Committee’s views on the response by the Government of Japan on the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women(Follow-up report)(November 2011)open a new window
• Additional information regarding the response by the Government of Japan on the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women(Novmber 2012)[PDF:110KB]open a new window
• The Committee’s view on the additional information (September 2013) [PDF: 121KB]open a new window

Japan's Seventh and Eighth Periodic Report

• Seventh and Eighth Periodic Report on the Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women [PDF:1,934KB]open a new window
• Responses to the List of Issues and Questions with regard to the consideration of the Seventh and Eighth Periodic Reports [PDF:535KB]open a new window
• Statement by the Head of the Delegation of Japan for the Seventh and Eighth Periodic Reports (February 2016) open a new window
• Concluding observations on the combined seventh and eighth periodic reports of Japan(March 2016)[PDF:512KB]open a new window
• Response by the Government of Japan on the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women(Follow-up report)(March 2018)[PDF:57KB]open a new window
• The Committee’s views on the response by the Government of Japan on the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women(Follo-up report)(December 2018)open a new window

Japan's Nineth Periodic Report

• Nineth Periodic Report on the Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women [PDF:733KB]open a new window
• Attachment [PDF: 4,497KB]open a new window
• Opening Statement by the Head of the Delegation for the Nineth Periodic Report of the Government of Japan [PDF: 229KB]open a new window
• Concluding observations on the ninth periodic report of Japan (October 2024) [PDF: 317KB]open a new window
• Comments from Japan on the Concluding Observations on the ninth periodic report of Japan [PDF: 163KB]open a new window