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Japan sees record number of children abused in 2020 amid pandemic A record 2,172 minors aged under 18 years old were subjected to abuse in Japan last year, police data showed earlier this week, as the novel coronavirus pandemic made it difficult for welfare workers to intervene. Police alerted child welfare centers nationwide of a total of 106,991 cases in which minors were suspected to have been abused in 2020, up 8,769 from the previous year and surpassing 100,000 for the first time since comparable data became available in 2004, according to the National Police Agency report released on Th...

Record number of child abuse cases in 2020: NPA report Mar. 13 04:02 pm JST Mar. 21 | 12:18 am JST TOKYO The requested article has expired, and is no longer available. Any related articles, and user comments are shown below. © KYODO ©2021 GPlusMedia Inc. The welfare of children here. Unless, news(?) like ‘ This above story was news everywhere else on Mar 5, 2021: Child abuse is up 8.9% in Japan for 2020. Source: http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14200517 - Still, this media’s ‘public service’ is appreciated if he saves at least,...