A major work on human rights published by the Institute of Jewish Affairs, has been issued’ in Japanese translation here and its author, a senior Israeli official of the World Jewish Congress, has completed an unprecedented series of lectures on the subject in three Japanese cities.
Dr. Natan Lerner, executive director of the WJC Israel Branch, was invited here on the occasion of the translation into Japanese of his book on the convention against racial discrimination, first published two years ago by the London-based research arm of the WJC, the Institute of Jewish Affairs. Lerner, an international lawyer, is a recognized authority on the international protection of human rights.
The WJC official was the guest of the Buraku Liberation League. The Buraku are the largest minority in Japan and the League was established more than 50 years ago to lead the struggle for their advancement and equality.
Lerner spoke at meetings and receptions — widely covered by the Japanese media — in Osaka, Tokyo and Kyoto, attended by prominent personalities from political, economic, religious, and journalistic circles. In Tokyo he delivered formal lectures to the Japanese human rights law group and the staff of the United Nations University.
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