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  2. Sugamo child abandonment case - Wikipedia

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    On April 14, 1988, the youngest, Child E, was assaulted by friends of Child A (known only as Friend A and Friend B), and died as a result. On July 17 of the same year, acting on a tip from the landlord, Sugamo officials entered the apartment and discovered the severely malnourished Child A (then 14), Child B (seven), and Child D (three).

  3. Family law in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The ie (家) or "household" was the basic unit of Japanese law, from the founding of the Meiji Civil Code in 1896, [1] until the end of World War II: most civil and criminal matters were considered to involve families rather than individuals.

  4. Bule (term) - Wikipedia

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    As an alternative to 'bule', the adjective 'barat' (literally means west, as in Western) may be an alternative. Compare with güero. As a word for foreigner, the term can have pejorative intent, and many Westerners residing in Indonesia find it stereotypical and offensive.

  5. Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology

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    On 30 March 2021, President Joko Widodo submitted a Presidential Letter to People's Representative Council, which contained a proposal for major changes in the national cabinet, one of which was the merger of the Ministry of Research and Technology and the Ministry of Education and Culture into one ministry named the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology.

  6. Third culture kid - Wikipedia

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    A banner from the National Multicultural Festival in Canberra, Australia. The term third culture kid was first coined by researchers John and Ruth Useem in the 1950s, who used it to describe the children of American citizens working and living abroad. [4]

  7. Malaysian identity card - Wikipedia

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    The Malaysian identity card (Malay: kad pengenalan Malaysia) is the compulsory identity card for Malaysian citizens aged 12 and above. The current identity card, known as MyKad, was introduced by the National Registration Department of Malaysia on 5 September 2001 as one of four MSC Malaysia flagship applications [1] and a replacement for the High Quality Identity Card (Kad Pengenalan Bermutu ...

  8. Only child - Wikipedia

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    Throughout history, only-children were relatively uncommon. From around the middle of the 20th century, birth rates and average family sizes fell sharply for a number of reasons, including perceived concerns about human overpopulation and more women having their first child later in life due to birth control and women in the workforce.

  9. Academic grading in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Education in Japan has many different ways of approaching their grading system.. Public schooling below the high school level is classified as compulsory education (義務教育, gimu-kyōiku), and every Japanese child is required to attend school until they pass middle school. [1]