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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 1, 2013
Two sides to corporal punishment practices in Japan
The December suicide of an Osaka high school basketball team captain who had been physically punished by his coach cast a harsh light on corporal punishment in Japan, and this week's admission by the All Japan Judo Federation that Olympic female judoka had been physically abused and harassed by their...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jan 20, 2013
Veteran athletes, coaches adamant that corporal punishment has no place in sports
The tragic death of a 17-year-old Osaka high school student and basketball captain in December sheds light on a disturbing aspect of Japanese culture that has existed for decades: corporal punishment.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 19, 2013
Beating kids to create 'fighting spirit' in sport doesn't translate
In a recent interview on the Barnes & Noble Review website promoting his latest book, historian Jared Diamond mentions how treatment of the young "varies among traditional societies just as it varies among industrial societies," and gives examples of how some of the former use corporal punishment for...
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