A group of lawmakers made history Friday by submitting a bill to the Upper House that would outlaw racism and hate speech.
Sponsored by lawmakers from the Democratic Party of Japan and Social Democratic Party, the bill would prohibit all forms of racial discrimination, including hate speech, and places responsibility on the state and municipalities to eliminate racism.
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