The number of child abuse cases handled by child consultation centers in Japan reached an all-time high of 219,170 in fiscal 2022, marking an increase for the 32nd consecutive year, according to recent government data.
The central Japan city of Susono has filed a criminal complaint accusing the head of a nursery school of trying to cover up the alleged abuse of toddlers in its care, the city's mayor says.
A Japanese court sentences a 31-year-old former baby sitter to a prison term of 20 years over forcible sexual intercourse and other indecent acts on 20 boys aged 5 to 11 years old.
A record 2,170 cases of child abuse were investigated last year in Japan, up 1.7 percent from the previous year, as the coronavirus pandemic continued to reduce opportunities for welfare workers to intervene, a police report shows.
Japan s justice minister orders a watchdog to ensure foreign technical trainees are not abused, following an incident in which a Vietnamese man suffered serious injuries at the hands of Japanese co-workers for about two years.