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"Mass incarceration of Uyghurs in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has scattered some 500,000 Uyghur children in boarding schools, orphanages, and other institutions run by the Chinese state—a state that experts say is committed to the long-term eradication of the ethnic group," says this article from Radio Free Asia. "Investigative reporting over the past few years has shown that hundreds of thousands of Uyghur children live in some form of state care," the article continues.
"China has forcibly separated Uighur families by taking young children into state orphanages, according to human rights group Amnesty International," says this article from BBC News. "In a new report, Amnesty has called on China to release all Uighur children being held in orphanages without the consent of their families."
According to this article from the Japan Times, Japan places around 85 percent of children and babies who need care into institutions, and "British-based experts on the welfare and rights of vulnerable children" are calling for increased provisions for foster care in the country. The article highlights the work of Michael Rivera-King, "who has a doctorate from the University of Oxford and will publish a book on foster care in Japan this year." According to the article, "Rivera-King found staff are wary of placing children in foster care due to fears they will develop bonds with…
Japan's Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has announced new targets for children in need of alternative care. While only 17.5 percent of children in Japan's alternative care system presently live in foster homes, the Ministry seeks to raise the percentage of pre-school aged children in need of alternative care living in foster care to 75 percent within five to seven years and the percent of school-aged children to 50 percent within 10 years.
"Boot camps" for youth with internet and gaming addictions have become increasingly popular in China and are criticized for their military-style discipline and harsh practices. The recent death of a Chinese teenager just two days after entering one such instution has sparked an outrage over the use of these institutions and their practices.