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CHILD

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 19, 2015
Investigation into child pornography sold on Amazon yields suspect
Japanese police are investigating the case of a male worker at an affiliate of Amazon's Japan unit who allegedly sold child pornography through Amazon's website.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 13, 2015
Government to support matchmaking, men's child-rearing to raise birthrate
The government plans to devise a series of measures to fight the nation's low birthrate, such as promoting matchmaking and setting numerical targets for increasing men's participation in child care, according to a draft policy outline obtained Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 12, 2015
Child executioner in Islamic State video may be linked to French gunman: police source
French officials are investigating whether a child shown shooting dead an Israeli Arab in a video posted by Islamic State militants is French and has ties to an al-Qaida-inspired gunman who killed seven people in March 2012, a police source said.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 3, 2015
Police in Britain charge 10 in child sex exploitation investigation
Police in Britain said on Monday they had charged 10 men with sexual offenses against children and adults, part of a wider investigation into child sexual exploitation in the northern English town of Rochdale.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 22, 2015
Nonprofit's manga raises awareness of teen sexual exploitation in Japan
A Tokyo-based nonprofit organization is publishing manga booklets Monday that aim to safeguard juveniles from what it calls the increasingly serious reality of teen sexual exploitation in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 21, 2015
Goto's stories put Japan woes in perspective
"More than diamonds, I want peace."
EDITORIALS
Feb 14, 2015
Deprived lives of child brides
The U.N. Population Fund estimates that 14.2 million girls under 18 are married every year, some as young as 8. Ending child marriage is one ways women around the world will achieve greater equality.
WORLD
Feb 11, 2015
Child murders in Cote d'Ivoire spark fears of pre-election ritual killings, organ trade
Nina rarely ventures outside of her house in Cote d'Ivoire's commercial capital, Abidjan, since her 5-year-old son, Benitier, was kidnapped and mutilated in November. She won't let her oldest son go to school.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2015
One-child policy didn't give China too many boys
Research suggests that it was China's liberalizing economic reforms of the 1970s and 1980s that might have been responsible for today's heavily skewed gender ratio in favor of boys.
EDITORIALS
Jan 31, 2015
Too few people to protect kids
Many people in Japan are shocked when they find out how overworked and overextended the nation's network of social workers for protecting children is.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 26, 2015
Amazon Japan says it's cooperating with police child porn probe
Amazon.com Inc.'s Japan unit is "fully cooperating" with a police investigation into possible sales of child pornography, the company said in an emailed statement.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 24, 2015
Amazon's Japan unit raided over child porn sales
Police raid offices of the Japanese arm of U.S. online retailer Amazon.com Inc. on suspicion of assisting the sale of child pornography.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2015
Death of 3-year-old shows how child abuse experts are overstretched
The death of a 3-year-old girl, thrown into a river by her mother in November, underscores shortcomings in the nation's child protection system, 10 years after amendments to the child welfare law purported to fix it.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 6, 2015
Facility offers rare day care for children with special needs
Finding suitable child care facilities is a daunting task for most working families in Japan, but when it comes to children with severe medical problems and disabilities, the options are virtually nil.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Jan 1, 2015
Hate, muzzle and poll: a top 10 of issues for 2014
A recap of the top 10 human-rights news events affecting non-Japanese (NJ) in Japan last year.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2014
Wanted: brides for millions of Chinese men
A fast-growing underclass is sure to pose an array of challenges for China. The victims are the millions of poor, mostly rural men, who cannot meet familial and social expectations that a man marry and start a family because of the country's skewed demographics.
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Dec 14, 2014
Readers' letters: Hague abduction pamphlets, East Asia ties, temping teachers and learning English
Some emails received in response to recent Community articles.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2014
Mother appeals Osaka court order to return child to father in Sri Lanka under Hague pact
The mother of a 5-year-old girl appealed an Osaka family court order Wednesday that her daughter must be returned to Sri Lanka to live with her father in accordance with the Hague convention on child abduction.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 30, 2014
Teen missing for four years found alive, hidden behind wall near Atlanta
A 13-year-old boy who had been reported missing four years ago was discovered alive, hidden behind a fake wall of a home near Atlanta, and reunited with his mother early Saturday, police said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 21, 2014
Osaka couple arrested for starving 3-year-old daughter to death
A Osaka couple are held for allegedly starving their 3-year-old daughter to death, while a Niigata mom is suspected of throwing her daughter, also 3, off a bridge.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.

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