Japanese media: The number of child abuse consultations in Japan will reach a record high of 219,000 in 2022
Hangzhou Net Release time: 2023-09-07 22:18
China News Service, September 7th. According to a report by Kyodo News on the 7th local time in Japan, data compiled by the Children and Family Agency of Japan recently showed that the number of child abuse consultations received by the country’s children’s counseling centers in 2022 will reach 219,170, which is 219,170 cases more than in 2021. 11,510 more, a record high.
According to the report, the number of child abuse consultations in Japan has increased for 32 consecutive years since the statistics began in 1990, and nearly 60% of the consultation content is related to “psychological abuse” that causes harm through words and attitudes.
Specifically, 129,484 cases (accounting for 59.1%) were related to psychological abuse, followed by 51,679 cases of physical abuse (accounting for 23.6%), 35,556 cases of abandonment of childcare (accounting for 16.2%), and 2,451 cases of sexual abuse ( accounted for 1.1%), both increased compared to 2021, and psychological abuse (increased by 4,760 cases) and abandonment of childcare (increased by 4,108 cases) increased significantly.
According to the Japan Children’s Agency, there has been an increase in “face domestic violence” in which children face family violence in front of their children in psychological abuse. According to the analysis of the person in charge, “a large part of the reason is the increase in the number of police reports sent out due to husband and wife quarrels.”
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2023-09-07 14:18:00
