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CHILDREN

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2019
Study shows cute kids are YouTube clickbait; child advocates concerned
YouTube videos featuring young children draw nearly triple the average viewership of other content, according to research released on Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2019
Mothers concerned about preparing children's meals during summer vacation, survey reports
Some 60 percent of mothers with children who attend elementary school are worried about being able to give them proper meals during the summer vacation, according to a survey by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 16, 2019
Forget Fido, cuddly 'Lovot' promises to be high-tech pet replacement
Experience life with an endearing, big-eyed robot with lifelike features — including artificial body temperature and affectionate personality — that is being marketed as an alternative to pet ownership in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 14, 2019
Hone the skills of Japanese youth to shoulder burdens of the 21st century
Japan is a land of opportunities for young people if they have the right skills.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 13, 2019
More breastfeeding could save the world $1 billion every day, study says
Not enough breastfeeding costs the global economy almost $1 billion each day due to lost productivity and the costs of health care, researchers said on Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 3, 2019
Kyocera, Lion and Sony team up to test the market for music-playing children's toothbrushes
Brushing small children's teeth can be one of the tougher parts of child rearing, particularly as it can be quite a chore just to get them to sit still long enough to complete the task.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jul 3, 2019
Newly created Aichi fund provides foster children with access to higher education
A fund set up by the Aichi Prefectural Government in March is providing financial aid to students from children's homes seeking to enter higher education.
EDITORIALS
Jun 29, 2019
Keep up aid for kids in poverty
More can be done to break the vicious cycle of poverty that passes from parents to children over and over.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 26, 2019
Chiba mother gets suspended sentence for role in father's alleged fatal abuse of daughter
A 32-year-old woman was sentenced to a 2u00bd-year jail term, suspended for 5 years, for assisting her husband in assaulting their daughter and contributing to the child's death.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 20, 2019
Embracing life and death at Reborn-Art Festival
The date March 11, 2011, carries a lot of weight in Japan. When the magnitude 9 Great East Japan Earthquake rocked the Tohoku region in the northeast of the country, it devastated the landscape and altered the lives of residents. And now, eight years since the disaster, Takeshi Kobayashi is dedicated...
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 19, 2019
Mike Pompeo snubs his experts and blocks inclusion of Saudis on U.S. child soldiers list, say sources
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blocked the inclusion of Saudi Arabia on a U.S. list of countries that recruit child soldiers, dismissing his experts' findings that a Saudi-led coalition has been using under-age fighters in Yemen's civil war, according to four people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2019
Japanese fathers spend more time playing with kids, but mothers want more: survey
About half of all parents in Japan raising children think today's young fathers spend more time playing with their kids than their own fathers did, according to a survey by an educational toy maker.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jun 14, 2019
Tripoli's children struggle to study as war reaches the capital
For 13-year-old Taha Aboud, who dreams of becoming an engineer, war in Libya's capital Tripoli has meant his family fleeing their home and him missing studies as they searched for a new school.
Why Japan is running out of rice — and farmers to grow it
An ongoing shortage of rice has resulted in rising prices for Japan's main food staple.
Japan and U.S. appoint tariff negotiators after Ishiba-Trump phone call
Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa enters the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan responds to Trump's tariffs with a polite phone call and request
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a joint press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on Feb. 7.
Japan to avoid direct confrontation with the U.S. over Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Japan does not intend to seek direct confrontation with the U.S. over the newly levied tariffs, during a parliamentary committee session in Tokyo on Monday.
Japanese makers rush to mitigate possible Nankai Trough earthquake damage
Toyota is considering transferring some production in the key Tokai region, which is expected to be hit hard in a Nankai Trough earthquake, to the Tohoku and Kyushu regions.
NATO chief makes Japan debut with focus on defense industry tie-ups
The MSDF's stealthy, multimission Mogami frigate is moored at the Yokosuka Naval Base on Tuesday.
Tottori takes a bold leap forward in the arts
The city of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture celebrated the opening of its public art museum with festivities such as a parade that drew 1,000 revelers.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.

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