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CHILDREN

Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Apr 4, 2016
Thousands attend rally in Warsaw against proposed abortion ban
Thousands attended a pro-choice rally outside parliament in Warsaw on Sunday after the powerful leader of Poland's ruling party backed a call by Polish Catholic bishops for a full ban on pregnancy terminations.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Apr 3, 2016
An open letter to Japanese womankind
Some advice on how to take the best parts of the stereotypes without becoming one yourself.
EDITORIALS
Apr 3, 2016
Saving the victims of child abuse
The government needs to go beyond current efforts to strengthen child protection services.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 31, 2016
Foster parents allowed child care leave under new law
Foster parents seeking to adopt a child will be allowed to take child care leave from next January under a new law enacted by the Diet this week.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 29, 2016
Plagued by hang-ups, welfare ministry to shorten child abuse hotline message
The welfare ministry said Tuesday it will improve efficiency at child abuse hotlines because 90 percent of callers are hanging up during the recorded message phase.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2016
Chiba woman wages multi-decade quest to train teachers in Africa
A Japanese woman has devoted herself to improving the quality of education in Africa for more than three decades.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2016
Miyazaki reveals male day care worker abused boy, threatened to cut off his penis
A male employee of an authorized day care center in the city of Miyazaki was found abusing a boy at the facility, slapping or threatening to cut off his penis if he didn't behave, the municipal government revealed Tuesday.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Mar 21, 2016
Let's discuss the child care blog post that went viral
Mothers and their supporters have handed over some 28,000 signatures to the government from people seeking a better child care system, after they were inspired by an anonymous blog post written by a frustrated mother.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 16, 2016
School principal defends controversial remarks about women and childbirth
A public school principal who recently made controversial remarks calling on women to bear and raise children rather than pursue careers defended his words Tuesday, saying he has not directly heard any complaints from students or parents.
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2016
Census fails to identify whether 13,000 foreign kids are in school
A question about the education status of children in the 2010 census was left blank for about 13,000 foreign children, according to Kyodo News analysis of the data.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 13, 2016
Interaction benefits toddlers and elderly alike
Partnership between preschools and nursing homes have positive implications for rapidly aging countries like Japan and the U.S.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 12, 2016
Osaka school principal tells students it is 'most important' for women to have two kids or more
A 61-year-old male principal of a junior high school in Osaka has told his students that giving birth to two children or more is the "most important thing" for a woman, according to the city education board.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 10, 2016
Hiroshima school finds it is to blame following probe into 15-year-old student's suicide
A Hiroshima school's in-house probe into a 15-year-old student's suicide has found its poor clerical management and career guidance is responsible for the death, it emerged Thursday.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 8, 2016
Hiroshima boy kills himself after mistakenly told he didn't qualify for entrance exam
A 15-year-old boy in Hiroshima Prefecture committed suicide in December after his school gave him wrong information about his eligibility for a high school entrance exam, the local board of education announced.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2016
Schools in disaster zones regroup as students decline
Parts of the Tohoku area hit hardest by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami now have fewer school-age children, creating pressure to close or consolidate schools, school board data suggests.
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2016
Number of Japanese households on welfare hits record high in December
The government announces the number of households living on welfare hit 1,634,185 in December, up 1,965 from November.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Feb 29, 2016
Parental push for children to pass exams borders on abuse: experts
Many parents are strict regarding their children's education because they want their offspring to succeed in the future, but sometimes this discipline is excessive and goes beyond what kids can endure.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 26, 2016
Non-Japanese kids face cycle of poverty if municipalities fail to track, deter truancy: survey
When Lucan Toshio Suzuchi tried to find a job, the only option he had was being a dispatch worker in a factory. Now 23, the Japanese-Brazilian had quit junior high school when he was 14.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 18, 2016
Nursery school employee held for allegedly force-feeding boy wasabi-laced chicken
A nursery school employee who appeared to take sadistic pleasure from allegedly force-feeding a small boy fried chicken covered in the pungent condiment paste wasabi, was arrested on assault charges Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2016
Japanese city seeks to cover up adult magazines in convenience stores
In a possible first for Japan, the city of Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, will urge convenience stores to cover up adult magazines to keep them out of sight of children, a municipal official said Wednesday.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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