Tag - children

 
 

CHILDREN

WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 27, 2020
Nearly all Vietnamese minors at Dutch asylum centers were trafficked out, official says
Almost all the Vietnamese children who arrived in Dutch asylum centers in recent years disappeared and were probably trafficked, the Dutch government adviser on human trafficking has said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 24, 2020
Japan pushes male public servants to take longer paternity leave
The government will encourage its eligible male personnel to use child-rearing leave for at least a month in principle, starting in fiscal 2020.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2020
Singer and welfare facility founder Mariko Miyagi dies
Singer Mariko Miyagi, who founded Nemunoki Gakuen, a welfare facility for children with physical disabilities, died of malignant lymphoma at a Tokyo hospital Saturday. She was 93.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 18, 2020
From online classes to video meetings, could COVID-19 spur low-carbon habits?
As the new coronavirus swept across the Seattle area, one of the hardest-hit areas in the United States, the University of Washington earlier this month shuttered its classrooms in a bid to contain the spread of the disease.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 14, 2020
Social media helps Japan's embattled parents connect over schools' closure
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s recommendation that all elementary, junior high and high schools in Japan close through the end of their April spring break in order to prevent the spread of a new coronavirus caught nearly everyone in the country off guard when the news broke in late February.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 13, 2020
COVID-19 school closures open door for housekeepers and babysitters in Japan
Surveys have shown that most know about the services, but many are reluctant to try them.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2020
Student workbooks flying off shelves amid Japan's coronavirus school closures
Student workbooks are flying off bookstore shelves in response to the emergency school closures requested by the government to slow down the coronavirus outbreak.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2020
Experts raise doubts that Japan school closures will curb coronavirus
Public health experts are concerned the move may turn out to be counterproductive.
Japan Times
JAPAN / First Person
Mar 5, 2020
Day 4 of Japan's Great Teleworking Experiment: Distractions aplenty but 'co-workers' are cute
Today is my fourth-straight day working from home and, consequently, the fourth day of my living nightmare.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2020
Virus shuts down facilities offering low cost kids' meals in Japan
A growing number of kodomo shokudō (children's cafeterias) that offer free or low-priced meals to children, including those from poor families, have suspended operations amid the spread of COVID-19.

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