Japan to mandate safety devices in 44,000 buses after kid's death

The Japanese government decided Wednesday to make it mandatory from next April to install safety devices in approximately 44,000 buses used by kindergartens and child care facilities nationwide after a toddler was left alone inside a kindergarten bus and died from heatstroke.Any kindergarten or child care facility found in violation of the new mandate will be ordered to suspend operations, and manuals for staff will be written to ensure children are safely supervised.To encourage prompt implementation, the government aims to subsidize 90 percent of the cost of installing safety devices, up …READ FULL ARTICLE