Japan's First Periodic Report

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

Japan's Second and Third Periodic Report

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

Japan's Fourth and Fifth Periodic Report

• Fourth periodic reports of States parties: JAPAN（August 1998）[PDF:2,711KB]
• Fifth periodic report of Stat party: JAPAN （September 2002）[PDF:2,157KB]
• Responses to the List of Issues and Questions for Consideration of the Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports [PDF:147KB]
• 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]
• Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on its twenty-ninth session (A/58/38), paras. 337-378 [PDF:26KB]

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]
• Responses to the List of Issues and Questions with regard to the consideration of the Sixth Periodic Reports [PDF:378KB]
• 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]
• Concluding observations of Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women（August 2009）[PDF:75KB]
• 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]
• 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)
• 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]
• The Committee’s view on the additional information (September 2013) [PDF: 121KB]

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]
• Responses to the List of Issues and Questions with regard to the consideration of the Seventh and Eighth Periodic Reports [PDF:535KB]
• Statement by the Head of the Delegation of Japan for the Seventh and Eighth Periodic Reports (February 2016)
• Concluding observations on the combined seventh and eighth periodic reports of Japan（March 2016）[PDF:512KB]
• 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]
• 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)

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]
• Attachment [PDF: 4,497KB]
• Opening Statement by the Head of the Delegation for the Nineth Periodic Report of the Government of Japan [PDF: 229KB]
• Concluding observations on the ninth periodic report of Japan (October 2024) [PDF: 317KB]
• Comments from Japan on the Concluding Observations on the ninth periodic report of Japan [PDF: 163KB]