Japanese Survey Finds Sexual Abuse in Medical Institutions; Expert Questions Low Teen Reporting

The Children and Families Agency released the results of the survey – the first of its kind – on Tuesday, with 1,113 institutions of the 5,000 invited to take part providing responses. Many of the incidents involved medical staff in psychiatry and psychosomatic departments at hospitals, or within internal medical department. Most – or 66.7 per cent – of the individuals who reported sexual abuse were aged between 19 and 39. Only 3.3 per cent were from 12 to 18. The numbers for the younger age group looked questionable, said Yoko Tsukamoto, a professor at the Health Sciences University of Hokkaido.