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Five-year cancer survival rates released using national registry data
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (268+ words) The health ministry has released for the first time five-year survival rates for new cancer patients by cancer type that are based on data from Japan's national registry. According to the data on some 990,000 people diagnosed with cancer in 2016 across…...
Malaysia suspends access to Musk's Grok AI
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (186+ words) Malaysia suspended access to Elon Musk's chatbot Grok over AI-generated pornographic content, the country's tech regulator said on Sunday. The decision follows global backlash after it emerged that Grok's image creation feature allowed users to sexualize pictures of women and…...
Japan launches campaign to encourage children to talk about problems
1+ week, 1+ day ago (96+ words) Japan launches campaign to encourage children to talk about problems'The Japan Times Japan launches campaign to encourage children to talk about problems Volunteers from the Children and Families Agency have launched an awareness-raising campaign to alleviate the anxiety of children…...
Facility dogs comfort hospitalized children in Japan
1+ week, 2+ day ago (108+ words) Facility dogs comfort hospitalized children in Japan'The Japan Times Facility dogs comfort hospitalized children in Japan Some medical institutions in Japan have begun introducing facility dogs to accompany hospitalized children during treatment and rehabilitation, easing the anxiety of being away…...
Grok makes sexual images of kids as users test AI guardrails
1+ week, 5+ day ago (147+ words) Grok makes sexual images of kids as users test AI guardrails'The Japan Times Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok created sexualized images of minors on the social media platform X in response to user prompts in recent days, drawing criticism…...
Chinese homeschool students embrace freer youth in cutthroat market
2+ week, 2+ day ago (126+ words) Chinese homeschool students embrace freer youth in cutthroat market'The Japan Times Chinese homeschool students embrace freer youth in cutthroat market Fourteen-year-old Estella spends her weekdays studying Spanish, rock climbing or learning acupuncture in her living room as part of her…...
Youth clinics aim to address sexual concerns in Japan
2+ week, 4+ day ago (102+ words) Youth clinics aim to address sexual concerns in Japan'The Japan Times YOKOHAMA - Youth clinics offering consultations on sexual and physical health concerns at affordable prices are expanding their reach in Japan, though public awareness remains limited.'We want people to…...
Why stickers are the hottest commodity in Japan right now
2+ week, 4+ day ago (99+ words) Why stickers are the hottest commodity in Japan right now'The Japan Times Why stickers are the hottest commodity in Japan right now For Christmas this year, many children in Japan asked Santa for stickers. A seemingly innocent, age-appropriate request that…...
Study shows having dogs likely boosts teens' social skills
3+ week, 1+ day ago (295+ words) Having a dog at home likely helps alter adolescent children's microbiome to make them happier and have better social skills, a study by a Japanese research team showed. The team's findings, based on surveys of children and experiments involving mice,…...
Abortion in Afghanistan: 'My mother crushed my stomach with a stone"
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (105+ words) Fewer than half of Afghan women have access to contraceptive methods such as condoms, implants or pills, with abortion being illegal. Abortion in Afghanistan: 'My mother crushed my stomach with a stone' When Bahara was four months pregnant, she went…...