by Yukana Inoue - The Japan Times
The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill that aims to protect young children from sexual assault by requiring those seeking employment in fields involving children to undergo background checks that go back 20 years.
The widely discussed system has been called the Japanese version of the U.K.’s Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Read more: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/19/japan/politics/japanese-dbs/