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Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 12, 2017
UNICEF reports 2017 spike in Boko Haram's use of child suicide bombers
The use of children as suicide bombers by the insurgents of Boko Haram has surged in 2017, the United Nations Children's Fund said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 19, 2016
Bus torchings cloud Aleppo evacuation effort as Russia threatens to veto U.N. resolution for access
Convoys of evacuees traveled from a rebel-held area of Aleppo and from two Shiite villages besieged by insurgents on Monday after a days-long stand-off.
WORLD / Society
Jul 4, 2016
Some 20% of Western Australian Aboriginal kids have no birth record
Nearly 1 in 5 Aboriginal children born in Western Australia has no birth documents with most unregistered children born to teenage mothers and facing further social disadvantage later in life, research showed on Sunday.
EDITORIALS
Apr 30, 2016
Child poverty a serious problem
The government has long failed to take effective action to reverse Japan's child poverty rate.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 14, 2016
Japan ranked 34th out of 41 developed nations in UNICEF child poverty index
Japan has some of the worst wealth inequality and highest rates of child poverty among the world's developed nations, according to a UNICEF report.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 28, 2015
Quake-displaced thousands flee Kathmandu as Nepal struggles to organize disaster relief
Nepalese officials scrambled on Monday to get aid from the main airport to people left homeless and hungry by a devastating earthquake two days earlier, while thousands tired of waiting fled the capital Kathmandu for the surrounding plains.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 13, 2015
800,000 children have fled Boko Haram violence in Nigeria in year, UNICEF says
The number of children fleeing the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria doubled in the past year to about 800,000, with women and girls targets of abduction for sexual abuse by the militants, according to a United Nations Children's Fund report.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 5, 2015
Ebola survivors in West Africa to share stories via mobile app, to help fight stigma
Ebola survivors in the three West African countries worst hit by the epidemic will share their stories through a mobile application to be launched on Monday, in a UNICEF-backed campaign to inform and fight stigma around the disease.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2014
After 30 years with UNICEF, actress Kuroyanagi says there's more work to do
Actress Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, 81, who has served as a goodwill ambassador for the UNICEF children's agency for the past 30 years, said Wednesday she dreams of a society where no child dies from starvation or poverty and will continue striving toward that goal.
EDITORIALS
Sep 20, 2014
Conditions for kids worldwide
A new report from the United Nations children's agency reminds us that violence remains a leading cause of preventable injury and death among children worldwide.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2013
U.N. event hits lack of toilets in 39% of the world
Three toilet stalls were at the center of attention Tuesday in a park in Tachikawa, west Tokyo, as the United Nations tries to raise awareness of the lack of basic sanitation infrastructure in many parts of the world.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2013
Projected baby boom needs immediate action
With one-third of the world's children in 2050 predicted to be born in Africa, the international community must invest in their parents now, not down the road, UNICEF's executive director said in an interview with The Japan Times.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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