Communities are overflowing with families dealing with difficult problems. These problems are tied to children's lives, and neither the state nor local governments can pretend not to notice. Parents w

House of Councillors lawmaker Michiko Ueno, and a former parliamentary secretary for education. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is considering submitting to the Diet in 2017 a bill that would require central and local governments to offer assistance in family education, which some see as government interference in family affairs. (Mainichi Shimbun)

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