Japan: Child abuse cases pass 200,000 in Japan for 1st time in FY 2020
Asahi Shimbun – August 27, 2021
Cases of child abuse in Japan rose to a record-high 205,029 in fiscal 2020, the health ministry announced on Aug. 27, the most since the ministry began keeping data on the subject in fiscal 1990. The data was based on requests for consultations about abuse involving children under 18 at children’s welfare centers nationwide during the period. Cases of child abuse were also up 5.8 percent, or 11,249 more cases, from fiscal 2019.
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