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CHILDREN

EDITORIALS
May 12, 2015
Saving children from poverty
If Japan's child poverty problem is left unattended, the Abe administration could squander the nation's 'most important treasure.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
May 8, 2015
Singapore tries to tame 'Tiger Moms' regarding childrens' higher education
Singaporean Carmen Kok regrets that she never made it to university. She's not letting her daughter make the same mistake, even if she has to send her abroad to get a place.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 25, 2015
'Star Wars' goods hit shelves in Tokyo, Kobe
With the release of the seventh "Star Wars" installation looming in December, Toys "R" Us Japan Ltd. on Saturday opened dedicated in-store displays at its Odaiba and Kobe stores in an attempt to expand the fan base.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 21, 2015
First infant MRI study finds babies' brains feel pain 'much like adults'
The brains of babies "light up" in a similar way to adults when exposed to the same painful stimulus, suggesting they feel pain much like adults do, researchers said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
LIFE
Apr 18, 2015
State of the reunion: Evaluating the Hague pact's success
As most parents know, there is nothing quite so life changing as having children. Imagine the pain a parent feels, then, if their children are taken from them. Now imagine the shock a parent feels if the person who abducted their children was their own spouse, a trusted partner who fled the country and...
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Apr 18, 2015
Teacher's assignment goes viral after pupils reveal secrets
A Colorado teacher who posted notes from her third-grade class online and started a social media whirlwind under the hashtag #IWishMyTeacherKnew said Friday the assignment had been a revelation for her.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 15, 2015
Girl's return to Sri Lanka is first in response to Hague Convention court order
The move represents the first time Japan has fulfilled a court order mandating the return of a child to their country of habitual residence under the convention.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2015
Why do Americans hate free-range parenting?
Why has America gone lunatic on the subject of unattended children?
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 15, 2015
Shipwreck off Libya claimed 400 migrants, survivors say
About 400 migrants died in an attempt to reach Italy from Libya when their boat capsized, survivors said on Tuesday, the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean where the death toll from shipwrecks has surged this year.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 13, 2015
800,000 children have fled Boko Haram violence in Nigeria in year, UNICEF says
The number of children fleeing the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria doubled in the past year to about 800,000, with women and girls targets of abduction for sexual abuse by the militants, according to a United Nations Children's Fund report.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 12, 2015
A year after ferry disaster, safety concerns persist in South Korea
Nearly a year after her 16-year-old daughter was among 304 people killed when an overloaded ferry capsized, Park Eun-mi says not much has changed when it comes to safety in South Korea.
EDITORIALS
Apr 11, 2015
Kids in poverty need better diet
The government is planning a nationwide survey on how income affects child health, but what it really needs to focus on is making sure kids in low-income households can eat properly.
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2015
Health ministry to survey how family income affects child nutrition
The government plans to conduct its first nationwide survey on how family income affects children's health as concerns grow about the nation's growing child poverty problem, officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 2, 2015
Boko Haram uses children as human bombs, commits 'heinous crimes': U.N. human rights chief
Boko Haram Islamist militants in northern Nigeria are using children as human bombs and targeting women and girls for particularly horrific abuse, including sexual slavery, the United Nations human rights chief said on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2015
Tokyo amends noise-pollution rules in bid to draw more nurseries
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government amended its rules on noise pollution on Wednesday in an effort to make it easier for nurseries to open in the capital, where the number of children yet to find a day care facility is the largest among all prefectures.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 1, 2015
More career-track wives working away from families
Tokiko Nakayama speaks to her 6- and 3-year-old sons via her computer at a company apartment for 20 to 30 minutes before going to work every morning.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2015
Students ask Akie Abe to help bid to preserve tsunami-hit Ishinomaki school
Three former students from tsunami-hit Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, have made a plea to preserve the school premises by calling on first lady Akie Abe to help their voices be heard.
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2015
Metro survey: 1 in 5 high school students contact strangers via smartphones, and some actually meet
One out of 5 high school students who use smartphones have communicated with strangers over the Internet and some have actually met them, according to a survey by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, NHK reported.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Mar 29, 2015
Reflections on war and childhood on a Tokyo train
It had been sheer chance that propelled the silver-haired woman and that young girl to those particular seats in that particular carriage on that particular Ginza Line train at that particular hour.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2015
Psychologist connects disaster-affected children around the world
New York-based clinical psychologist Judy Kuriansky, a specialist in helping children traumatized by disasters, says the same techniques work for stricken kids wherever they are and that making them feel connected with their counterparts abroad is part of the healing process.
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.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
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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