Category Archives: SOFA

Tribute to achievements by women in Japan International Women’s Day 2020

We give tribute to and celebrate the achievements of women in Japan On International Women’s Day, all of us on Team Jane take this opportunity to discuss our commitment to continual research and launching of new initiatives and action plans to raise awareness of our goal to imagining and implementing a world without sexual violence.…
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Can Jane PERSUADE JAPAN TO AMEND 60 yr old STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT?

January 19, 2020 it marks the signing of the SOFA between the USA and Japan. Let's amend  60 yr old Status Of Forces Agreement Catherine Jane Fisher is a US military rape survivor, Award Winning Human Rights Defender, Author and Documentary Film Producer. She is known for her grassroots advocacy since 2002 and as the…
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Do some laws, policies & treaties have an Implementation Gap to lie to us?

Unfortunately, yes there are many that have what is referred to as an  Implementation Gap #ImplementationGap All of us  are subject to laws and policies written and approved by our government, (or another government that may apply when  we are within their country). We have to comply therefore, we rely on those that adjudicate and…
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Jane asks for change to SOFA stop US Military personnel violent sex crimes

Catherine Jane Fisher living in Tokyo has for the past two decades, protested against US military crime and appealing for the revision of the Japan-US Status Of Forces Agreement (SOFA) [button text="Foreign Press Club JAPAN" link="https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2018/04/08/Rape-victim-asks-Japan-to-prosecute-more-US-military-personnel-accused-of-crimes/6261523224025/" style="info" size="normal" target="_self" display="block" icon="no"] At the news conference in Tokyo, Fisher acknowledged that there is much disagreement in…
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