Tag - children

 
 

CHILDREN

EDITORIALS
Jun 24, 2016
Capital punishment for a minor
Putting someone to death for crimes committed while they are a minor is a very serious business, one that deserves a great deal more study.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 23, 2016
Texan put baby in fridge after leaving her in hot car
A Texas man charged with causing the death of his 6-month-old daughter by leaving her in a hot car put the baby in a refrigerator after finding her in desperate condition in the back of his vehicle, a document released on Wednesday said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jun 22, 2016
Behind China's one-child policy is a growing army living alone
In her chic Beijing studio, 26-year-old Summer Liu relaxes on a sofa, admiring the pink vase she keeps full of fresh flowers. In the eastern city of Jining, Hu Jiying, 81, sits on an old bed that's scattered with clothes, towels and half a bag of snacks, worrying about the cost of her medicine.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2016
Natural disasters take toll on schools and children around Asian region
A greater humanitarian focus on schools before, during and after natural disasters will save lives, protect children and benefit communities and countries, Save the Children says in a report due out this week.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2016
Children's charity says their education is mostly overlooked in wake of disasters
From earthquakes in Nepal to flooding in Myanmar, disasters damage or destroy thousands of schools leaving hundreds of thousands of children unable to go to class, yet education is often overlooked in humanitarian responses, a charity said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 19, 2016
Chelsea Clinton announces birth of son, her second child
Chelsea Clinton, daughter of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton, announced on Saturday the birth of her second child with husband Marc Mezvinsky.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jun 13, 2016
Let's discuss the 'Hokkaido boy' and his parents
Japan let out a sigh of relief after a 7-year-old Hokkaido boy was found alive following an intensive six-day search.
JAPAN
May 31, 2016
Third of child sex abuse victims reported to Japan consultation centers had mental impairments: report
A health ministry survey found that 1 out of 3 victims of child prostitution or pornography cases reported to child consultation centers have some kind of mental or developmental impairment, the Asahi Shimbun reported Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
May 22, 2016
Municipalities planning to open child care facilities to get financial aid from ministry
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has decided to provide financial aid to municipalities which have officials exclusively working as coordinators between local residents and operators of nursery schools for the opening of new child care facilities, it has been learned.
JAPAN
May 18, 2016
Japan sketches out action plan to address wage disparity and low pay for care workers
Tokyo adopts a draft blueprint to narrow the wage gap between regular and nonregular workers and address other problems of the aging society.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
May 16, 2016
Let's discuss the burden of 'double care'
An estimated 253,000 people in Japan are shouldering the double burden of raising children while also caring for sick or elderly family members.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 12, 2016
Arizona grandfather jailed for leaving 5-year-old in desert with gun after car broke down
An Arizona man was sentenced to six months in jail for felony child abuse for leaving his 5-year-old granddaughter in the desert with a loaded and cocked handgun with the instruction to "shoot any bad guys," prosecutors said on Wednesday.

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Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan