40% of child abuse deaths in FY2022 involved babies under 12 months

Of course it has to be taken into account that babies are also the victims that are more likely to die compared with older children. They may represent a large percentage of the deaths, but not necessarily of the abused children, that some times are abused in secret for many years.

It’s no surprise to me that violent incidents,assaults and murder are increasing in Japan.

It’s no surprise to me that violent incidents,assaults and murder are increasing in Japan.

How much? What are the numbers?

Or are you going by your feelings?

Numbers haven’t changed in 20 years I’ve been here. Always been the case. In abusive relationships, moms here are more likely to abuse their children whereas dads abuse their wife. It’s a loose-loose situation.

To the doubters.

Search online by yourselves and find the truth!

Search online by yourselves and find the truth!

Nope. Because the real numbers don't support your doom theory.

Woman need to learn not to abuse their children. It's the truth. Most perpetrators of physical and mental abuse of children are their mothers; woman.

Woman need to learn not to abuse their children. It's the truth. Most perpetrators of physical and mental abuse of children are their mothers; woman.

What's the breakdown? 80/20? 90/10? 51/49?

@Strangerland

23/29 works out to around 80% being killed by woman.

Mothers are twice as likely to commit child abuse compared to men.

in a country with an aging population and a government pleading with people to make babies, you would think they would be making massive efforts regarding this. but they only care about getting elected.

23/29 works out to around 80% being killed by woman.

Is that from the far-right doom media, or a real number?

StrangerlandToday  07:43 am JST

Search online by yourselves and find the truth!

Nope. Because the real numbers

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After all this time, the internet still poses challenges?

No problem,I get it…

Thats not going to help the population grow.

@Strangerland

It is actually from the story above......

It is actually from the story above......

No, this stat is not supported in the article:

Mothers are twice as likely to commit child abuse compared to men.

I think you got your details mixed up. Maybe a closer read of what was actually stated in the article, and what you claimed.

After all this time, the internet still poses challenges?

Huh? I read the answers on the Japanese news, which is why I know you're wrong.

I'm guessing you can't read Japanese to google them and find out what the real numbers are?

A shameful stat.

Heart breaking. I'm curious as to the age of the parents. When I see a case like this on the news the abuser is almost always in their 20's and usually early 20's.

I hate to sound like "Old Man Gen X" but I think the "on demand" instant accessibility / instant gratification culture that the younger generation of digital natives has grown up in has severly damaged any form of patience, perseverence, self-control...what have you, that people used to have. Babies don't stop crying on demand. Babies don't fall asleep on demand. There is not a sleep mode button you can push when they want attention. Babies are human beings, not your smartphone.

Women will obviously be the main perpetrators because they are stuck at home all day with a baby and might be suffering from post-partum depression.

Sometimes I think they care more about 80-year-olds in this country than children! Children can't vote after all!

@mountainpear

There is no excuse for child abuse. Good people can spend all day, every day with a child and never abuse them.

I don't know what happens behind closed doors but I have never seen a father hit or physiologically abuse their child in Japan but I have probably seen a few hundred mothers (and grandmothers) hit their child on the head and thousands of mothers call their child "stupid."

I wonder if one of the reasons for the low and falling fertility rate in Japan is the huge number of young adults who were abused by their mothers when they were kids.

I'm glad to see this article. We read about so much infanticide here on this site that I was wondering about how many and what percentage they were. It's still pretty heartbreaking to read this and can feel the in my heart sadness in my heart especially the visions of my kids as infants still remain strong.

Search online by yourselves and find the truth!

You understand that when you leave to others to prove the claim you made anybody can just say "I searched, you are wrong" and you will have no argument against this, right?v

There is no excuse for child abuse. Good people can spend all day, every day with a child and never abuse them.

Of course it is not an excuse, but it is something that can be addressed and that could help reducing the numbers. The point is not to get mothers out of trouble in a trial, but to protect the children so there is no victim in the first place.

I don't know what happens behind closed doors but I have never seen a father hit or physiologically abuse their child in Japan

Fathers (and mothers' boyfriends/husbands) are also reported in the media as abusers with relative frequency, and physical violence is definitely "physiological abuse", even verbal violence can have physiological effects.

@proxy Do you think I am excusing child abuse? Don't be ridiculous!

My husband was abused physically by both his father and mother but especially his father! Neighbors obviously would hear him screaming, teachers would see his scratched face, but no one did anything!

@mountainpear

It certainly reads that you are excusing woman for abusing their children; "suffering from post-partum depression." Men suffer mental health issues too.

@proxy The stats include murder suicide which are probably as a result of post-partum depression. It might sound strange to you, but I don't think that should be in the same category as child abuse.

"40% of child abuse deaths in FY2022 involved babies under 12 months."

Then what's the major underlying issue behind these numbers. Mental issues among other problems? And what should be done to lower or even eradicate the root cause of the problem?

The headline of 40% of child abuse deaths sounds terrible, and it is, but then one goes on to read that the total number of such deaths in Japan in 2022 was 25. By comparison, in the US, in 2022, that number is close to 2,000. When one compares 25 to 2,000, the difference is shocking. So, while the issue is concerning, by comparison to where I live, Japan is doing a pretty good job.

1glennSep. 13 07:38 pm JST

The headline of 40% of child abuse deaths sounds terrible, and it is, but then one goes on to read that the total number of such deaths in Japan in 2022 was 25. By comparison, in the US, in 2022, that number is close to 2,000. When one compares 25 to 2,000, the difference is shocking. So, while the issue is concerning, by comparison to where I live, Japan is doing a pretty good job.

I think so too, the data published by official sites in USA concerning child mistreatment are indeed shocking.

Much much higher than in Japan.

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cb/cm2022.pdf