The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has allocated funds to station psychiatrists at 114 child-counseling centers nationwide to help parents who may be at risk of committing child abuse.
The psychiatrists will provide services on a part-time basis from April 1 at child-counseling centers operated by local governments.
Each center will receive a 350,000 yen annual subsidy under the new policy, which is part of an initiative to counter the rising incidence of child abuse.