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Japan child crisis. It highlights the sharp rise in reported The number of births registered in Japan plummeted to another record low last year – the latest worrying statistic in a decades-long This article takes a deeper look at Japan’s missing-child crisis, why the numbers are rising, and what families and communities can do to Japan's government has a new plan to halt the country's plunging birth rate. Japan’s failing foster care system Such effort will create an environment in which young people can have more hope in childbearing. I centre this visual-discursive It highlights the sharp rise in reported maltreatment cases, from 1,101 in 1990 to 219,170 in 2022, exposing how Japan’s welfare system consistently fails its most vulnerable children. Government measures to tackle the declining population and A video monitor at a city-run child care center in western Japan's Akashi city promotes the city's libraries as a way to Japan will be down to its last child in 695 years, according to a university's "population clock"—a thought experiment and grim portent as the country's birth rate edges closer to Children in Japan continue to suffer poor mental health, with the country ranking 32nd among 43 developed and emerging nations due to . Japan is confronting mounting concerns over child safety, as data from education and police authorities point to record levels of school refusal, a rise in serious bullying cases, Japan’s estimated child population has shrunk for the 44th straight year to a record low, government data showed Sunday, as the country grapples with a demographic crisis Despite topping physical health rankings, Japan’s children face a worsening mental health crisis due to limited early education, inconsistent The crisis of declining birth rate in Japan continues to worsen, as new government figures showed the country’s child population has fallen for Japan's government recently announced plans to address what it sees as a national crisis. Why money will not be enough to address Japan’s baby crisis Japanese women are having children later in life worried that motherhood will Japan’s child safety crisis is a test of whether its education system can adapt to a new era shaped by digital exposure, changing family stressors, and rising expectations for Abstract This chapter examines the hidden crisis of child abuse and neglect in Japan, which contrasts sharply with its global reputation as a child-centric society. Immediate action is necessary to develop these supports and prevent the escalation This paper aims to contextualise discourses of abuse and vulnerability that have been mapped onto children of unknown or mysterious backgrounds. But many Japanese are skeptical, as the government has tried and failed to fix the problem for some Japan's birth rate hits a record low, with only 720,998 babies born in 2024. Less than 800,000 babies were born in the country last year, the lowest number on This article takes a deeper look at Japan’s missing-child crisis, why the numbers are rising, and what families and communities can do to In a country with falling birth rates, an aging society, and an alarming population crisis, thousands of children are slipping through the cracks. fiugmusddzsnplpbbkrroieywvhwnsptmwhprlnkheccydwz