For the first time in Japanese history, the number of reported child abuse cases has exceeded 40,000. During fiscal year 2008, a record number of 42,662 child abuse cases were reported at child consultation centers across Japan.
It isn’t the first rise indicated by these studies, either; since 1990, when the statistics were first recorded, the caseload has been rising for 18 years in a row.
This is following a revision to the country’s Child Abuse Prevention Law in 2008. (more…)