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CHILDREN

Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 17, 2016
Viral anonymous blogger rails against Abe failure to alleviate chronic day care shortage
An anonymous blog post penned by an irate mother complaining that she has to quit her job after her child was denied admission to a day care center has gone viral on the Internet, shedding light on what she called the hypocrisy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's drive to promote the "dynamic engagement"...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2016
Socially conscious youngsters helping Tohoku survivors with after-school tuition
Twenty-something Satoshi Okuno thought he had finally found the answer to his question — what can he do for society — when he saw children studying in a corner of a gymnasium being used as a shelter following the March 2011 disaster in Tohoku.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 13, 2016
Zika virus may hide in organs protected from the immune system
The Zika virus may be particularly adept at entrenching itself in parts of the body that are shielded from the immune system, making it harder to fight off and possibly lengthening the time frame in which it can be transmitted, top U.S. experts said on Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Feb 10, 2016
Japan and its birth rate: the beginning of the end or just a new beginning?
Despite demographic doomsayers, Japan could be ripe for a gender revolution that boosts its birth rate.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2016
Students from rural areas, poor families at academic disadvantage: OECD study
Students living in rural regions of Japan are more likely to underperform academically compared to their peers from urban areas, according to a new international report released Wednesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 10, 2016
China confirms first case of Zika virus
China has confirmed its first case of the Zika virus in a man who had recently travelled to South America, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 7, 2016
More than 3,100 pregnant women in Colombia have Zika virus
More than 3,100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Saturday, as the disease continues its rapid spread across the Americas.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2016
Agency issues warning over children swallowing Setsubun beans
Ahead of Setsubun on Wednesday, the day to celebrate the beginning of spring, the Consumer Affairs Agency has warned parents to guard against small children accidentally swallowing soybeans.
JAPAN / Society
Jan 26, 2016
Boy's suicide prompts Tokyo education panel to investigate suspicions of school bullying
The Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education has set up a special investigative committee to look into whether a 16-year-old boy who killed himself in September had been bullied.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 18, 2016
Promise of clever children in year of monkey may boost births in China
Those born in the year of the monkey are said to be crafty, clever and charming. That has spurred some couples in China to delay parenthood until the less-auspicious sheep year ends — a balm for companies offering fertility products and obstetric services.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jan 13, 2016
Mothers want a word with the LDP's old guard over paternity leave slap-down
After LDP bigwigs took a young politician to task over his intention to take paternity leave, mothers vent their anger.
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2016
Subsidies going up for day care centers that handle sick children
Government subsidies for day care centers and hospitals specializing in taking care of sick children will rise in April as the Abe administration seeks to increase the female workforce.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jan 12, 2016
Clinic-run day care centers fight to stay afloat
In a nation struggling to increase its population, and amid strong demand for day care centers operated in conjunction with children's clinics, such facilities are fighting for their own financial health.
EDITORIALS
Jan 9, 2016
Child poverty policy falls short
The government is taking only small steps to combat the pernicious problem of child poverty.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jan 2, 2016
20 Questions: the best answers of 2015
Japan Times On Sunday contributors select the responses that made them laugh loudest this year
JAPAN
Jan 1, 2016
Slightly more babies born last year in Japan, but population suffers net loss of almost 300,000
There were 1,008,000 babies born in Japan in 2015, up 4,000 from a year earlier, the health ministry said Thursday. It was the first increase since 2010.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 24, 2015
South Korean 'superdads' on paternity leave break with tradition
It is a weekday morning and Chung Sang-hoon, 34, is at home with his two small children, classical music playing in the background.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Dec 21, 2015
Senior workers increasingly taking special leave to look after grandchildren
Amid an increase in two-income households in Japan, the rate of men who take paternity leave is extremely low, and the availability of day care services remains insufficient. So who looks is looking after the children? The answer is often grandparents.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2015
Japan still carries child abduction 'black hole' stigma despite signing to Hague Convention: expert
A security expert who specializes in the safe recovery of children abducted in cross-border custody disputes is skeptical about whether Japan will ever shake its reputation as the "black hole of international parental child abduction."
WORLD
Dec 17, 2015
1 in 8 babies were born in conflict zones in 2015: UNICEF
The number of babies born in conflict zones increased by more than 125,000 this year to 16.6 million compared with last year, the United Nations said on 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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