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CHILDREN

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 20, 2018
U.K. chief whip faces calls to quit as lawmakers accuse May's government of breach of trust in pivotal vote
Prime Minister Theresa May's most senior political enforcer is facing calls to quit after he was accused of cheating to win a crucial Brexit vote in Parliament.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 20, 2018
U.K. politicians accuse government of breaching trust after minister reneges on maternity leave voting agreement
U.K. Cabinet ministers were infuriated this week by an apparent government breach of a protocol that prevents ill or heavily pregnant politicians from being forced to attend Parliament to vote, to the disadvantage of a representative currently on maternity leave.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 17, 2018
Mass radio campaign saves thousands of children in Africa
A mass radio campaign in Burkina Faso led to a significant rise in sick children getting medical attention and could prove to be one of the most cost-effective ways to save young lives in poor countries, researchers said Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 15, 2018
Thailand's rescued cave boys won't see World Cup final live, hospital says
Twelve boys and their soccer coach rescued from a flooded Thai cave will watch a recording of the World Cup final which takes place Sunday, not the live broadcast, a hospital official said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 15, 2018
Highchairs and cuddles: How parliaments are catering for lawmaker mums
When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern returns to Parliament after becoming only the second elected leader in the world to have a baby in office, her daughter will be allowed to cuddle with her during debates and swim in the pool.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 14, 2018
Thailand's cave boys to be discharged from hospital on Thursday
Twelve Thai boys and their soccer coach rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand are recovering well from their ordeal and will be discharged from the hospital in the coming week, health minister Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn said Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 14, 2018
Judge tells U.S. to pay costs of reuniting immigrant families
A U.S. judge in California on Friday ordered President Donald Trump's administration to pay the costs of reuniting immigrant parents and children separated at the Mexican border, rather than forcing the parents to pay.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 4, 2018
Teens taken at U.S. border tell of crammed 'icebox' and 'kennel' cages
A 15-year-old girl who was forcibly separated from her mother after fleeing to the U.S. from El Salvador described to a Washington state investigator how she was crammed into a windowless room with 60 other girls and deprived of proper sleep or food for three days.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / Regional voices: Chubu
Jul 2, 2018
Nagoya firm's high-tech service aims to prevent sudden infant death syndrome at nursery schools
Unifa Inc., an IT venture firm in Nagoya, has begun offering a monitoring service that can alert nursery school teachers to the warning signs of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), the leading cause of death among babies at day care facilities.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 25, 2018
Migrants 'knock at front door' for asylum after Trump crackdown
More Mexicans and Central Americans are lining up to make asylum requests at the U.S.-Mexico border as word spreads of a U.S. crackdown on families crossing illegally and the threat of brutal gangs lying in wait if they go it alone.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 23, 2018
U.S. Navy drafts plans to house 25,000 immigrants at a cost of $233 million over half a year
The U.S. Navy is drafting plans to house up to 25,000 immigrants on its bases and other facilities, at an estimated cost of about $233 million over six months, as the Trump administration seeks to ease a mounting crisis on the Mexican border, a U.S. official said on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 22, 2018
Despite Trump order, border child separations could go on, legal experts say
The much-vilified U.S. policy of separating children from parents who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border could continue under certain circumstances because of ambiguous language in President Donald Trump's order meant to end the practice, legal experts said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2018
American Airlines, United: Don't put separated migrant kids on our flights
American Airlines and United Airlines have asked the federal government to refrain from using their flights to transport migrant children who have been separated from their families.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2018
70 percent of Japanese parents with infants want more kids: survey
The proportion of parents with infants who want to have more children stands at around 70 percent, a private survey found Wednesday.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Pope Francis, radical leader who broke the papal mold, dies at 88
Pope Francis blesses the faithful during the weekly general audience at the Vatican in August 2023.
Japan mulls reviewing car safety rules to strike deal with Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister and top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Friday.
Japan tariff negotiator rules out quick U.S. deal despite push by Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Friday, a day after talks in Washington.
Shohei Ohtani announces birth of daughter
Shohei Ohtani and his wife Mamiko Tanaka attend a Lakers game in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 2024.
The floor is art: Takuro Tamayama transforms mundanity
Takuro Tamayama’s sculpture “Models (Pair, 6 sets, 12 rings)” comes with a mathematical formation that scales it for different spaces.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Calling all Potterheads: ‘The Goblet of Fire’ comes to Tokyo
The Tokyo version of the globe-trotting exhibition features a Ministry of Magic set, which includes an imposing replica of the Magic Is Might monument representing magical fascism.
Tokyo stock picker advises Trump-proofing portfolios with Godzilla creator Toho
The head of Godzilla, a Japanese monster movie character, is seen on a building of Toho Cinema in Tokyo. Toho is one tariff-defensive stock being recommended by brokers.
LDP and CDP lawmaker groups propose 0% consumption tax on food
A vegetable stand displays prices at a supermarket in Tokyo in 2023. Some lawmakers are proposing lowering the consumption tax on food to 0%, which is expected to result in a loss of up to ¥5 trillion in tax revenue annually.

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