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More children die from child abuse under new law.

Publication: Japan Weekly Monitor
Publication Date: 17-DEC-01
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
TOKYO, Dec. 13 Kyodo

(EDS: ADDING INFO IN 11-15 PARAS)

The National Police Agency said Thursday 56 children died as a result of child abuse in the 12 months after a law against child abuse came into force in November last year.

The figure marked an increase of 13 children reported to have died of child abuse compared with the same period of the previous year.

Twenty-five of those deaths were caused...

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