Child abuse cases reported by police to child consultation centers nationwide last year topped 100,000 for the first time, a development the National Police Agency attributed to more aggressive ...

The number of child abuse cases handled by child consultation centers across Japan reached a record high of 225,509 in fiscal 2023, up 10,666 from the previous year, the government said Tuesday. The ...

SINGAPORE: The number of new high-risk child abuse cases in 2024 rose by 14.5 per cent from the year before, according to a report by the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) published on ...

The Child Law Project, which reports on child protection proceedings, has published 77 new case reports to detail the kinds ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON -- Rates of physical and sexual abuse of children have declined over the last 20 years, but for reasons not fully understood, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. Yet, reports ...