Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 24-year-old unemployed man for allegedly luring a junior high school girl into prostitution last year in the Kabukicho area of Shinjuku in Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/15/japan/crime-legal/man-arrest-girl-prostitution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #kabukicho #tokyo #sexcrimes #juniorhighschools #prostitution #children #toyokokids #teens

Tokyo police have arrested a couple and their son on suspicion of confining and abusing their daughter in a locked closet at their home in January, in a case believed to have involved prolonged abuse and neglect. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/crime-legal/daughter-abuse-confinement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #japanesepolice #childabuse #juniorhighschools #children #health

Police in Japan have taken action against 99 people ranging in age from 14 to 72 in the country as part of an international crackdown on online child sexual abuse material, the National Police Agency said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/28/japan/crime-legal/child-abuse-crackdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #children #sexcrimes #pornography #childabuse #juniorhighschools #highschools #childporn

Japan's government has adopted a bill to designate digital textbooks as official materials on par with printed versions and to make them eligible for free distribution in elementary and junior high schools. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/07/japan/digital-textbook-official/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #digitalization #education #textbooks #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools #children

Nearly half of high school students in Japan use generative artificial intelligence online in their daily lives, a new government report shows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/26/japan/students-ai-internet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #children #ai #socialmedia #internet #highschools #juniorhighschools #elementaryschools

Comedian Nana Takamatsu has held a class at a junior high school in Tokyo to teach students the importance of elections and democracy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/06/japan/politics/comedian-election-importance-student/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #2026lowerhouseelection #children #juniorhighschools #education #tokyo #comedy

Japan’s suicide death toll fell below 20,000 for the first time on record last year, although elementary, junior high and high school student suicides climbed to a new high. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/29/japan/suicide-figures-decline/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #suicide #mhlw #children #mentalhealth #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools #highschools

A video shared on social media showing a student assaulting another student at a high school in Tochigi Prefecture has sparked probes by the prefectural board of education and police. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/09/japan/crime-legal/video-students-assault-tochigi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tochigi #socialmedia #students #highschools #oita #juniorhighschools #japanesepolice

A total of 281 teachers and staff at kindergartens, public elementary, junior high and high schools in Japan were disciplined for sexual offenses in fiscal 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/23/japan/crime-legal/sexual-misconduct-educators/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #mext #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools #highschools #children #sexcrimes #kindergartens #teachers #surveys

More than half of cases of sexual deepfakes targeting those under 18 and reported to Japanese police were created by classmates of the victims, National Police Agency data have shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/18/japan/crime-legal/half-deepfake-classmates/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #npa #japanesepolice #ai #children #socialmedia #deepfakes #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools #highschools