The Yomiuri Shimbun
About 76 percent of those in welfare facilities for the short-term treatment of emotionally disturbed children have been victims of child abuse, with the percentage having doubled from 14 years ago, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey.
As of the end of November, 1,128 juveniles were being treated at such facilities, abbreviated to "jotan" in Japanese, across the nation. Of those, 853 had experienced child abuse, the survey showed.
Furthermore, about 70 percent of the facilities said they suffer from staff shortages, indicating that staff have been exhausted by taking care of children who have experienced abuse.
Child welfare experts pointed out that the system of managing the facilities needs to be reexamined.
The survey was conducted from November to January through telephone interviews and written questionnaires on the facilities.
In 1996, a national liaison council comprising welfare facilities and other relevant bodies conducted a similar survey on 16 jotan facilities and found that about 35 percent of children in their care had experienced child abuse.
76% of kids in welfare facilities have suffered child abuse : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)
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2011年2月18日金曜日
2011年2月15日火曜日
Japan child abuse CNN
Figures from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare show the cases of reported child abuse have quadrupled in 10 years and increased 40 fold in twenty years. In 1990, the ministry recorded 1,101 cases of abuse. In 1999, 11,631. In 2000, 17,725 cases. And in 2009, the numbers hit an all-time high of 44,211.
Japan sees alarming rise in child abuse - CNN.com
Japan sees alarming rise in child abuse - CNN.com
2011年2月10日木曜日
Suicide Japan 2010
The suicide rate in Japan has exceeded, and fluctuated by plus minus 5%, above 30000 people for the last 12 years. It is too early to say that suicide prevention methods so far implemented in Jpaan are having any significant effect.
Fewer people commit suicide due to financial problems in 2010
A total of 6,111 suicide victims in Japan last year apparently took their lives due to financial problems or problems affecting their livelihood -- an 11.8 percent drop from the previous year, government data has shown.
Figures compiled by the Cabinet Office's Economic and Social Research Institute showed that a total of 31,282 people in Japan took their lives last year, 4.5 percent fewer than the 32,740 reported last year.
The institute attributed the decline to a drop in the number of middle-aged men hit hard by tough economic conditions. The figures indicate that economic adversity following the Lehman Shock in Japan has been brought under control, resulting in fewer suicides.
Interim figures showing the number of suicides in Japan were released by the National Police Agency in January this year. The Cabinet Office compiled statistics to classify suicides by region and by the victims' job status, among other factors.
Fewer people commit suicide due to financial problems in 2010 - The Mainichi Daily News
Fewer people commit suicide due to financial problems in 2010
A total of 6,111 suicide victims in Japan last year apparently took their lives due to financial problems or problems affecting their livelihood -- an 11.8 percent drop from the previous year, government data has shown.
Figures compiled by the Cabinet Office's Economic and Social Research Institute showed that a total of 31,282 people in Japan took their lives last year, 4.5 percent fewer than the 32,740 reported last year.
The institute attributed the decline to a drop in the number of middle-aged men hit hard by tough economic conditions. The figures indicate that economic adversity following the Lehman Shock in Japan has been brought under control, resulting in fewer suicides.
Interim figures showing the number of suicides in Japan were released by the National Police Agency in January this year. The Cabinet Office compiled statistics to classify suicides by region and by the victims' job status, among other factors.
Fewer people commit suicide due to financial problems in 2010 - The Mainichi Daily News
2011年2月4日金曜日
AFP: US wants Japan to act soon on child abductions
US wants Japan to act soon on child abductions
(AFP) – 15 hours ago
WASHINGTON — A senior US official pressed Japan on Wednesday to act in the coming months to address concerns by US parents over child abductions, warning of rising anger by lawmakers against the ally.
Japan said in September that it was seriously considering signing the international treaty to stop child abductions, although officials said it may take time as the nation would need to change domestic laws.
"It's going to be important that we see progress soon on this issue. There is a building degree of anxiety -- and in some places anger -- on Capitol Hill," said Kurt Campbell, the assistant secretary of state for East Asia.
Calling himself a "strong supporter" of the alliance with Japan, Campbell asked the country both to sign the Hague treaty and to deal "responsibly and humanely" with pending cases.
"Let's take the opportunity, over the next several months, to get this done and to move beyond this issue and focus on the critical issues between the United States and Japan and a new Asian set of circumstances," Campbell told reporters.
Japan is the only major industrial country that has not signed the 1980 Hague Convention, which requires the return of wrongfully held children to their countries of usual residence.
Japanese courts almost never grant custody to foreign parents, particularly fathers. Activists say that thousands of foreigners, mostly men, have been barred at some point from seeing children taken to Japan by estranged partners.
AFP: US wants Japan to act soon on child abductions
(AFP) – 15 hours ago
WASHINGTON — A senior US official pressed Japan on Wednesday to act in the coming months to address concerns by US parents over child abductions, warning of rising anger by lawmakers against the ally.
Japan said in September that it was seriously considering signing the international treaty to stop child abductions, although officials said it may take time as the nation would need to change domestic laws.
"It's going to be important that we see progress soon on this issue. There is a building degree of anxiety -- and in some places anger -- on Capitol Hill," said Kurt Campbell, the assistant secretary of state for East Asia.
Calling himself a "strong supporter" of the alliance with Japan, Campbell asked the country both to sign the Hague treaty and to deal "responsibly and humanely" with pending cases.
"Let's take the opportunity, over the next several months, to get this done and to move beyond this issue and focus on the critical issues between the United States and Japan and a new Asian set of circumstances," Campbell told reporters.
Japan is the only major industrial country that has not signed the 1980 Hague Convention, which requires the return of wrongfully held children to their countries of usual residence.
Japanese courts almost never grant custody to foreign parents, particularly fathers. Activists say that thousands of foreigners, mostly men, have been barred at some point from seeing children taken to Japan by estranged partners.
AFP: US wants Japan to act soon on child abductions
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