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CHILDREN

Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 9, 2022
Most of kids hospitalized with COVID-19 had no underlying conditions
A survey has shown that even healthy children can develop severe COVID-19 symptoms if infected with the virus.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2022
Japan eyes rollout of free BA.5-tailored COVID-19 shots on Oct. 13
The health ministry is urging the public to get the shots to stem a potential surge of infections during the year-end holidays.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2022
Body in river confirmed as that of 7-year-old girl missing since Sept. 23
The body, which was found on Tuesday in the Edo River, was identified using DNA analysis as that of Saya Minami, a first-grader from the city of Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2022
Japan to compile stricter rules on school bus safety after toddler's death
The issue has been brought to the fore by the recent death of China Kawamoto, 3, who was left in a kindergarten bus for several hours.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2022
Police find child's body in Edo River and investigate connection with missing girl
A passerby told police shortly past noon that something that looked like a body was in the river in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, media reports say.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2022
Japan publishes guidelines on ‘confidential births’ amid growing attention
The guidelines were compiled after Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto started accepting women who wish to give birth anonymously.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2022
Elderly should also shoulder cost of raising childbirth allowance, Japan panel says
At a meeting Wednesday, some members called for the creation of a system supported by a wide range of generations in order to secure funds to expand the allowance.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 27, 2022
Street poet turns to words to help cure ills of abusive religious upbringing
The issue of children suffering at the hands of over-zealous religious parents tends to be glossed over by Japanese society as a private problem.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2022
Search continues for 7-year-old girl missing in eastern Japan
Police are searching for information, describing Saya Minami as 115 centimeters tall with short black hair, wearing a pale pink T-shirt, blue shorts and pink sneakers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 26, 2022
Ex-Fukuoka nursery head and teacher plead guilty over pupil's death on bus
On the first day of their trial, Yoko Urakami and Noriko Toba admitted to failing to make sure that all the pupils got off the bus, resulting in the death by heatstroke of a 5-year-old boy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Sep 19, 2022
In Hokkaido, child care centers take on responsibility for diaper disposal
Facilities and municipalities that had been asking parents to take used diapers home are switching to disposing of the items themselves.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2022
Japanese government shares nationwide info on abusive babysitters with municipalities
The new system is aimed at preventing incidents of abuse amid a spate of malicious cases.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 14, 2022
Japan study shows how to put a crying baby to bed
According to a new study, there may be a science-based technique to prevent the never-ending sleep routine: walking.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 14, 2022
Burden of raising kids drives South Korean fertility to world’s lowest rate
The country's president plans to sharply increase cash payments for new parents, but for women considering children, temporary subsidies may do little to assuage worries over years of costs.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2022
U.N. panel urges Japan to end segregated education of children with disabilities
The panel also called on Japan to ensure that all students with disabilities be provided with individualized support at all levels of education.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2022
Japan urges nursery schools to check bus operations after girl's death in hot vehicle
A government panel is also expected to discuss equipping school buses with safety equipment, such as sensors to prevent a child from being left behind.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2022
Japan sees record high 207,000 child abuse cases in year to March
By type of abuse, psychological abuse accounted for the largest proportion of 60.1%, or 124,722 cases.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 8, 2022
Accusations that Ukrainian children were forcibly moved to Russia are credible, U.N. says
Some judged as close to the Ukraine government or military have been tortured and forcibly removed and sent to Russian penal colonies, a U.N. official said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2022
Minister vows to fight Japanese food import curbs stemming from nuclear concerns
Japan's reconstruction minister unveiled a plan to establish a panel of experts to discuss tackling misunderstandings about the planned release of treated radioactive water.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2022
Girl, 3, dies after being left in kindergarten school bus for hours
China Kawamoto is suspected of dying of heatstroke, according to the Shizuoka city fire department.
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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