18. Following the scandal of 1975 revealing that private detectives were selling to companies and potential marriage partners directories known as &quot; Buraku lists &quot; , which included information on Buraku community locations, names of households etc., to be used for discriminatory purposes, in 1985 the Osaka prefecture adopted a municipal ordinance, which for the first time in Japan prohibited such investigation.
18. Following the scandal of 1975 revealing that private detectives were selling to companies and potential marriage partners directories known as &quot; Buraku lists &quot; , which included information on Buraku community locations, names of households etc., to be used for discriminatory purposes, in 1985 the Osaka prefecture adopted a municipal ordinance, which for the first time in Japan prohibited such investigation.