The kids aren't all right: Japan struggles to protect its most vulnerable children

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TOKYO: Miwa Moriya was 6 when social workers told her she was going to a Christmas party, but instead moved her into a group home for about 60 ...

TOKYO: Miwa Moriya was 6 when social workers told her she was going to a Christmas party, but instead moved her into a group home for about 60 children in a small city in western Japan.

The government has made the issue a legislative priority after several high-profile child-abuse deaths and a sharp rise in overall abuse cases. Local authorities have been given a deadline of next March to draw up a plan to improve the situation.Last summer, the Japanese government said it wanted at least three-quarters of preschoolers in need of state care to live in foster homes within seven years, and the number of adoptions to double to at least 1,000 within five.

Some of the staff were nice, she said. But caretakers came and went without warning. Children lived in fear of the bullies and the strict, chastising adults, she said.In such scenarios, and without nurturing attention, institutionalised children can develop what specialists call Developmental Trauma Disorder, said Satoru Nishizawa, a clinical psychologist who has worked with children in state care for nearly 40 years.

She said she never knew why she was living at Kobato, and never thought to ask. It was only in the past six months that she started to wonder. It's a case in point for critics of the system, who argue that child welfare workers are too busy and may lack the training and expertise to make informed decisions for children.

 

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people see my postings but never they offered their solidaric help !

europeans are monsters who dont care about others !

unfortunnily i am here in europe , my friend.

i learned that there does not exist humanity , social helping suport when we need hhelp in the fuckin misery circunstances . i learned that humanity does not exist. i always helped to others when i was able to in the past. and recieved nothing in chance in asia they help

lokk my friend : i was obligated to live in euriope twenty years now . 18 years boykoted from the laboral market cause of politics . i never even recieved social help ! i had to maintain my family without incommings ! i learned to accept that the world nnever heard my voice , my

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