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**makoto** · July 20, 2011, 10:44 PM

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Child abuse cases in FY10 hit record / Greater public awareness said behind surge

Child consultation centers across the nation handled a record 55,152 cases of child abuse in fiscal 2010, up 10,941 from the previous year, according to an interim report released Wednesday.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110720005446.htm

Public awareness boosts child abuse cases to all-time high

The number of child abuse cases in Japan rose to a record 55,152 in fiscal 2010, according to a preliminary report released by the welfare ministry on July 20.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107200280.html

**makoto** · July 21, 2011, 06:56 PM

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Child consultation centers short of staff

The recent increase in reports of child abuse is putting a huge strain on child consultation centers across the nation, which are chronically understaffed.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110721005280.htm

**makoto** · August 9, 2011, 10:32 PM

Re: Japan - Child abuse consultations top 50,000 in FY 2010, hits record high

Man 'misused baby hatch to grab inheritance'

A 49-year-old man has been charged with pocketing about 60 million yen in insurance money paid to his orphaned nephew, for whom he had been named a legal guardian prior to leaving the infant at a "baby hatch" facility in Kumamoto in 2007....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110809005994.htm

Man accused of snatching money from dead sister's account after abandoning baby nephew

SAITAMA -- A man faces embezzlement charges for snatching about 60 million yen from his deceased sister's account after putting her infant son in a baby deposit box at a hospital, law enforcers said.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na011000c.html

**makoto** · August 11, 2011, 01:42 AM

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Parents arrested over starvation death of 2-year-old son

KASHIWA, Chiba -- The parents of a 2-year-old boy who died of starvation here in May this year were arrested on Aug. 9 on suspicion of negligence as guardians causing death.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na008000c.html

**makoto** · August 20, 2011, 09:27 AM

Re: Japan - Child abuse consultations top 50,000 in FY 2010, hits record high

Voice actress arrested over death of 3-year-old foster daughter

A voice actress has been arrested on suspicion of beating to death her 3-year-old foster daughter at her home last summer, authorities said on Aug. 20.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na011000c.html

Voice actress held over foster child's death

A voice actress who was once the voice of the popular Licca-chan dress-up doll has been arrested on suspicion of fatally abusing her 3-year-old foster daughter, police said Saturday.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110820002735.htm

**makoto** · August 23, 2011, 10:35 AM

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Do foster parents need more help? / Suspected beating death of 3-yr-old puts focus on foster system's shortcomings

The arrest of a voice actress in Tokyo last week on suspicion of causing her 3-year-old foster daughter's death through physical abuse has turned a spotlight on various problems with the foster parent system......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110822005601.htm

**makoto** · August 26, 2011, 11:39 AM

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Couple suspected of fatally beating 7-year-old in 'wrestling game'

OSAKA -- A man and woman accused of unleashing a deadly beating on the woman's 7-year-old son have been arrested, law enforcers said.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na016000c.html

**makoto** · September 7, 2011, 07:13 AM

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Couple arrested over death of 3-month-old daughter

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- A couple in their 20s have been arrested on suspicion of bodily injury resulting in death of their 3-month-old daughter at their home in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, in May, police said Wednesday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm100000c.html

**makoto** · September 15, 2011, 08:58 PM

Re: Japan - Child abuse consultations top 50,000 in FY 2010, hits record high

related news

Spotlight on legal guardians / Rising cases of dismissal for misconduct prompt top court review

The Supreme Court may introduce a system of financial watchdogs for court-appointed guardians, due to a sharp rise in the number of such guardians who have been dismissed for abusing their positions.....

....On Aug. 5, a man who became his nephew's guardian after the boy lost his mother in a traffic accident was referred to prosecutors by the Saitama prefectural police on suspicion of the same offense.

Police allege the man abandoned the boy at a baby deposit box in a hospital in Kumamoto and embezzled about 60 million yen in life insurance benefits the boy inherited from his mother.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110915005203.htm

**makoto** · September 20, 2011, 06:38 PM

Re: Japan - Child abuse consultations top 50,000 in FY 2010, hits record high

Mom forced girl to sell sex, use drugs

SAPPORO--A 16-year-old Sapporo girl arrested in mid-August on suspicion of using stimulant drugs was forced to work as a prostitute by her mother since she was a sixth-grader at primary school, it has been learned.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110920005195.htm

16-year-old girl tells police mother told her to take drugs, become prostitute

SAPPORO -- A 16-year-old girl arrested here in August for drug use has told investigators she got into the habit on the recommendation of her mother, who also told her to become a prostitute to earn money......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na008000c.html

16-year-old sold body for years so mom could buy drugs

SAPPORO -- A teenager arrested for drug use told police she was forced into prostitution while she was still in elementary school to pay for her mother's drug habit.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201109230227.html

**makoto** · September 27, 2011, 04:39 AM

Re: Japan - Child abuse consultations top 50,000 in FY 2010, hits record high

Man, priest arrested for drowning teenage girl in bid to cleanse 'evil spirits'

KUMAMOTO -- A man and a priest have been arrested for drowning the man's teenage daughter by pouring water on her in an apparent bid to rid the girl of "evil spirits," police said on Sept. 27.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na003000c.html

campaign in Osaka for child abuse prevention

new symbol character "tears kitty"

**makoto** · September 28, 2011, 04:44 AM

Re: Japan - Child abuse consultations top 50,000 in FY 2010, hits record high

Dad, monk held for fatal ablution / Claim 13-year-old girl was possessed, performed ritual to 'expel evil'

KUMAMOTO--A 50-year-old man and a monk were arrested Tuesday for suffocating to death the man's 13-year-old daughter after they tied the girl to a chair and doused her with water on the pretext of "exorcising an evil spirit.".......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110927006195.htm

Girl bound to chair and drowned in 'exorcism' was repeat victim, police say

NAGASU, Kumamoto -- A girl who drowned after being tied to a chair and doused in water in an "exorcism" plot was subjected to the same treatment multiple times in the past, according to prefectural police........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na012000c.html

water place

**makoto** · October 5, 2011, 06:38 AM

Re: Japan - Child abuse consultations top 50,000 in FY 2010, hits record high

Woman arrested for prostituting underage daughter

INA, Nagano -- A 45-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of prostituting her underage daughter, police said....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na007000c.html

**makoto** · October 20, 2011, 04:50 AM

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Man suspected of forcing son to beg on street

OSAKA -- The father of an 11-year-old boy was arrested here on Oct. 18 on suspicion of forcing his son onto the street to beg for cash and collecting the proceeds......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na006000c.html

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