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CHILDREN

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 28, 2016
One boy dead, 11 injured after vehicle collision in Yokohama
A 6-year-old boy died and 11 others were injured Friday morning after a pickup truck tipped over following a collision with two other vehicles and hit elementary school children walking to school on a street in Yokohama, the local fire department said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2016
NPO offers online Japanese-language classes for resident children from abroad
A Tokyo-based nonprofit organization will begin offering online Japanese-language classes this month to children from abroad who need help to keep up in class at Japanese elementary and junior high schools.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Oct 17, 2016
Let's discuss men and housework
Three male politicians have donned 'pregnancy' vests in a campaign urging men to help out more at home.
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2016
Hoping to get more fathers involved in child-rearing, Japan to allow liquid baby formula
The government is planning to allow the distribution of liquid baby formula, hoping the measure will encourage more men to join in child-rearing as it is easier to use than conventional baby formula which needs to be dissolved in hot water.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 5, 2016
Obesity poses a serious threat to kids' health
The world's children are increasingly becoming overweight and obese, with grim consequences for their health.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 26, 2016
Plan to fix day care crunch belies decades of pent-up demand
The shortage of day care facilities is a long-standing issue in Japan, where the ranks of working mothers keep swelling, both out of choice and necessity.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 20, 2016
India launches first internet hotline to tackle surge in child porn
India on Monday launched its first internet hotline to encourage people to report online child pornography and curb a surge in photographs and videos on the internet showing children being sexually exploited, the founders of the initiative said.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2016
Fund started to help Fukushima thyroid cancer patients cover expenses
The 3/11 Children's Fund for Thyroid Cancer will start accepting donations from Sept. 20, aiming to raise at least u00a520 million.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Sep 7, 2016
China to offer 'free screening' for travelers from Zika-hit countries
China will offer Zika health screenings for travelers from Singapore and other affected countries, the quarantine bureau said Wednesday, without explaining whether the tests would be compulsory.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 6, 2016
Hyogo city to set up makeshift diners for needy children
The city of Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, will set up makeshift diners to provide meals for disadvantaged children in cooperation with neighborhoods, officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2016
Boy, 3, suffers fatal nine-story fall from Yokohama apartment
A 3-year-boy died after falling from the ninth floor of a Yokohama apartment building Monday while his mother was out picking up another child.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 5, 2016
English heads for elementary school in 2020 but hurdles abound
The Japanese school system's English-teaching regimen will undergo a major revamp in the near future as the government tries to nurture more worldly talent in an age of globalization.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 4, 2016
Clown sightings spook South Carolina, perplex police
One clown showed up on a roadside in a rain poncho, another waved money at children near woods.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 29, 2016
Nonprofits step up help for school-shy students at time when suicide numbers rise
Nonprofit groups are ramping up efforts to help students who feel driven into a corner as suicide rates tend to spike around the end of the summer holidays.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2016
Forging the education road map to 2030
Ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education is still a distant prospect for far too many children.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 27, 2016
Scores of municipalities struggling to aid foreign students with few or no Japanese language skills: survey
Numerous local governments nationwide are struggling to help foreign students who are enrolled in public schools but cannot understand the Japanese language, a survey showed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 25, 2016
Infant deaths underscore accountability gaps in Japan's nurseries
When Yuki Kai went to pick up her 14-month-old son, Kento, from a nursery in Tokyo after his nap time, she found him dead.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2016
Japan's disabled kids doing art at subsidized after-school workshops
Kentaro Hayashi is a weekly regular at atelier incurve jr. in the city of Osaka, a privately run after-school workshop where art specialists watch over children with mental or physical disabilities.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 24, 2016
Woman sues ex-primary school vice principal for sexual abuse from 25 years ago
A woman in her 30s has sued a former vice principal of a public elementary school in Toyama Prefecture for alleged sexual abuse and indecent acts she says were perpetrated against her nearly a quarter century ago when she was around 10 years old, her lawyer said Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 23, 2016
Professionalize pre-kindergarten education
Pre-kindergarten education and educators should taken more seriously because they provide children with invaluable skills that last a lifetime.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Paris Olympics kick off with rain-soaked — but grandiose — opening ceremony
Japan's 2024 Olympic team moves down the Seine River in Paris during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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