Girl's death reveals authorities lacked coordination over child abuse

The death of a 10-year-old girl in Chiba Prefecture after being abused by her father has added to cases that have raised concern toward Japan's child protection system.Insufficient commitment and coordination by local authorities and schools in tackling such cases have been increasingly criticized since fourth-grader Mia Kurihara died last week at home in the city of Noda, near Tokyo, with police arresting her 41-year-old father on suspicion of assaulting her.The prefectural government of Chiba has decided to set up a third-party committee to review how the case was handled. "We will never …READ FULL ARTICLE