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CHILDREN

Ndey Ndiaye (center) with her grandsons Fallou (left) and Bara (right) at their home in Mbour, Senegal. Ndey is raising her two grandsons after losing her daughter when the boat she was traveling in capsized trying to reach Europe.
WORLD / Society
May 15, 2026
Senegal’s children mourn in silence when migrant parents disappear
The number of such dead, missing and their children is at least in the thousands in Senegal in recent years, an advocate has said.
A couple and their eldest son are accused of causing injury through unlawful confinement after allegedly restraining their daughter with homemade metal devices and confining her for several days in late January inside a locked closet at their home in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 13, 2026
Tokyo couple and son arrested on suspicion of locking up daughter in closet for days
The girl, a middle schooler, was found suffering from hypothermia and bedsores on her back when she was rescued in January, and required about a week of treatment.
A survey among junior high school students found that the delinquency rate was highest, at 12.2%, among respondents who had experienced parental violence and whose families are not financially comfortable.
JAPAN / Society
May 13, 2026
Children facing parental violence more likely to turn to delinquency
A group of researchers surveyed students at five junior high schools in the Kansai region between December 2024 and January 2025 for the study.
Though mothers in Japan aren't expected to bear the entirety of the family's child-rearing burden as in decades past, author Lisa Katayama says the strain still falls largely on their shoulders.
CULTURE / Books
May 9, 2026
In Japan, ‘moms pull weight in ways that are superhuman’
In a new book, a mom raised in Tokyo but living abroad reflects on how Japan’s conception of motherhood helps her raise her young daughters.
Police vehicles, including one carrying Yūki Adachi, are seen on April 28 in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, during an on-site investigation over the death of the 37-year-old man's adopted son.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 8, 2026
‘You’re not my real dad!’: Argument in car allegedly provoked murder in Kyoto case
The suspect told police during voluntary questioning before his arrest on Wednesday that he strangled his 11-year-old adopted son following an argument on the drive to school.
Sun hats, hoodies with built-in UV protection and parasols are on the must-have lists of Japanese moms this summer.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
May 8, 2026
When it comes to their kids, Japanese mothers look beyond pink and blue
A look at how evolving vocabulary around fashion signals changing attitudes toward gender and function.
A public bathroom where suspect Yūki Adachi allegedly murdered his adoptive son in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 7, 2026
Father may have left Kyoto boy’s body near home after killing him, sources say
As Yūki Adachi, the adoptive father of the boy, participated in the search for his son, he also may have tried to delay the discovery of the body, sources said.
A police vehicle carrying Yūki Adachi is parked on April 28 near a public bathroom in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, where the body of his son is believed to have been temporarily placed.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 6, 2026
Police rearrest Kyoto father over murder charge
Police believe Yūki Adachi may have murdered his son in a public restroom about 2 kilometers from the family’s home.
A signboard urging people to call the police if they have information on the whereabouts of Kaori Nomura, who went missing in 1991 at the age of 8, is seen in Yokohama in early April.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
May 6, 2026
The weight of not knowing: Japan’s long-missing children
In recent years, the number of children under 10 reported missing in Japan has hovered between 1,000 and 1,200 annually.
Hokkaido police arrested a 46-year-old woman, Yukie Kamii, on Tuesday on suspicion of strangling her 6-year-old son, Yusho, to death at their home in Sapporo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 5, 2026
46-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of strangling son
According to Hokkaido police, the mother admitted to killing her son before later denying the allegations.
Cake shop and bakery worker topped rankings in a recent poll for jobs girls want to do when they grow up, in leading place for the 28th straight year since the company began the survey in 1999 and chosen by 21.2% of respondents this time.
BUSINESS
May 5, 2026
Police officer and bakery worker top kids’ dream jobs; parents eye civil service
The survey results were announced ahead of this year’s Children’s Day in Japan on Tuesday.
The child population, down 350,000 from a year earlier, again fell to the lowest level since 1950.
JAPAN
May 4, 2026
Japan’s child population down for 45th straight year
The child population, down 350,000 from a year earlier, again fell to the lowest level since 1950.
A Sudanese girl, who lost her right arm due to injuries sustained in the civil war, leaves an elementary school run by the Sudanese Coalition for Education in partnership with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), in the south of Port Sudan, on April 26.
WORLD / Society
May 4, 2026
Sudanese schoolchildren race to make up for years lost to war
Some 8 million children in Sudan are currently out of school, according to UNICEF.
In 2019, Saitama Arts Theater started permitting children under 3 to some of its shows. Previously, children under 4 were not permitted.
CULTURE / Stage
May 3, 2026
No longer shushed: Japan’s cultural venues make room for children
From ballet to museums, cultural institutions are adapting to the needs of families with young children.
The combined balance at health insurance associations at all large firms in the fiscal year that ends in March 2027 is forecast to result in a ¥289 billion ($1.8 billion) deficit, according to the National Federation of Health Insurance Societies.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 30, 2026
Deficits loom for many health insurance associations at large Japanese firms
Over 70% of such groups are projected to log deficits in fiscal 2026, the National Federation of Health Insurance Societies says.
Tokyo Metropolitan Police officers stand guard outside the home where suspect Teruyuki Takabayashi temporarily took refuge in Fussa, Tokyo, on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 30, 2026
Police search for Tokyo man on the run after hammer attack on students
The suspect, Teruyuki Takabayashi, is alleged to have struck two students who were loitering around his home with a hammer on Wednesday.
Izumisano Mayor Hiroyasu Chiyomatsu inspects the baby hatch at Jikei Hospital in the city of Kumamoto on Feb. 10.
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2026
City in Osaka Prefecture seeks early launch of its own ‘baby hatch’ system
The city of Izumisano’s initiative reflects Mayor Hiroyasu Chiyomatsu’s strong belief that the city must serve as “a stronghold for protecting lives.”
A woman feeds her malnourished child at a hospital in Somalia on April 20 amid a shortage of lifesaving therapeutic foods caused by shipping disruptions due to the Iran war.
WORLD / Society
Apr 28, 2026
Iran war is latest blow to Somalia’s malnourished children
Shortages of lifesaving therapeutic foods are forcing clinics to turn away severely malnourished children and ration supplies.
Rabih Khreiss sits with his sister Rajaa Khreiss at their shelter in a makeshift encampment, amid a temporary ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, in Beirut, on Monday.
WORLD
Apr 28, 2026
As war nears two months, displaced Lebanese family sinks into despair
A father’s quick thinking got the family out of harm’s way. But he didn’t expect to be hanging on by a thread in a makeshift camp for nearly two months.
Among the 99 people subject to action by Japanese police, 25 junior high school and high school students were involved in cases including their sharing explicit images of classmates with friends.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 28, 2026
99 accused in Japan in international crackdown on child sexual abuse material
Of the 99 people, 25 are junior high school and high school students involved in cases including sharing explicit images of classmates with friends.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Why is the yen so weak and what can Japan do about it?
Japan spent ¥11.7 trillion ($73 billion) between late April and late May to prop up the weak yen.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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