Fewer kids = more Japanese abuse?

[Taro Toporific]

Child abuse cases hit record high
The Japan Times, June 23A record 23,738 child abuse cases were filed by child consultation centers nationwide ... Sex-related crimes, including prostitution, constituted the largest number of crimes connected with dating sites, with 722 victims, or 54.5 percent of the total ...

[GuyJean]

Child abuse cases hit record high

I don't think child abuse has increased; people are actually reporting it, combined with the J-keystoners suddenly keeping records.

Somehow, I'm sure they'll connect this with the increase in foreigners.

GJ

[tidbits]

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1278631,00.html

Last year, there were a record 23,738 cases of child abuse, up almost 2 per cent from 2002, according to the cabinet office. About half involved violence and 40 per cent neglect by parents or guardians. Child welfare centres also reported a record number of calls: 26,573 connected with child abuse, an increase of 2,800 from 2002.

In other cases to make the headlines, a couple were caught trying to leave their five-month-old baby inside a coin-operated locker while they dined out, .......

[Mulboyne]

Kyodo via Yahoo: Gov't warns of surge in child abuse cases

[Greji]

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1278631,00.html

In other cases to make the headlines, a couple were caught trying to leave their five-month-old baby inside a coin-operated locker while they dined out, .......

Makes sense. It's just impossible to find a good sitter these days and the price of child care is just atrocious! Slam, click!