Japan's parliament on Wednesday enacted a bill to introduce a "judicial screening" system for taking abused children into temporary protective custody away from their parents.
The bill to revise the child welfare law was unanimously approved at a plenary meeting of the House of Councilors, the upper chamber of the Diet, on the day. The revised law, excluding some parts, will take effect in April 2024.
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