Japan needs to increase provisions for foster care and stop putting children in institutions, according to British-based experts on the welfare and rights of vulnerable children.Japan places around 85 percent of children and babies who need care in institutions, according to government statistics.This rate is one of the highest among developed countries, according to international studies, and Japan's outlier status contrasts with most other industrialized nations where fostering is the norm rather than the exception.Although fostering takes place in Japan, often this is when there is littl…READ FULL ARTICLE
