TOKYO -- Japan will step up efforts to promote due diligence on human rights abuses, with a list of specific risks for companies to watch out for in different sectors, products, regions and within their own operations.
Initiative focuses on specific risks for companies by sectors, products, regions

A farmer picks cotton in China's Xinjiang region, which faces allegations of large-scale forced labor. The push to identify and reduce human rights abuses in corporate supply chains is growing worldwide. © Reuters
TOKYO -- Japan will step up efforts to promote due diligence on human rights abuses, with a list of specific risks for companies to watch out for in different sectors, products, regions and within their own operations.