Japan to survey cases of sexual violence among abused children

Japan's welfare ministry has begun a survey of child abuse cases to see if the victims also suffered from sexual violence, with an eye to tackling the most difficult cases particularly if they occur within a family, officials said Saturday.The survey was prompted by the high-profile death of 10-year-old Mia Kurihara in January last year due to physical abuse at her home in Chiba Prefecture, as she revealed when temporarily in protective custody that she had also suffered sexual abuse, they said.In the survey, the ministry is asking all 220 child consultation centers across Japan to report c…READ FULL ARTICLE