Solidarity Network with Migrants Japan (original) (raw)

Solidarity Network with Migrants Japan (移住者と連帯する全国ネットワーク Ijūsha to Rentai suru Zenkoku Nettowāku), abbreviated as SMJ (移住連 Ijūren), is a non-partisan advocacy organization and umbrella of migrant interest and support organizations founded 1997 in Japan. Solidarity Network with Migrants Japan was founded in 1997 by 66 migrant support groups and 72 individuals, who started to meet on a regular basis at the “nationwide forum for solidarity with migrant workers” (ijū rōdōsha to rentai suru zenkoku fōramu) in 1996. Since June 2015 SMJ is legally incorporated as Non-Profit Organization (NPO) under the Japanese NPO-law. Among the SMJ’s members are organizations as well as individuals. The SMJ’s office is located in Bunkyō ward, Tokyo. The largest part of its revenue comes from membership fees an