Japan child porn cases surge to record high

Hiroshima, JAPAN : Japanese children look at a picture made of paper cranes for victims of the 1945 atomic bombing at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on August 5, 2010. The Japanese western city will mark the 65th anniversary of the world's first atomic attack on August 6. AFP PHOTO/Toru YAMANAKA

Japanese police investigated almost 600 child porn cases in the first half of the year -- a new record and 60 percent more than in the same period last year, a government survey said Thursday.
      
       The surge in part reflects stepped-up efforts by police to stop the sexual exploitation of minors and a crackdown on Internet pornography depicting children, a senior agency official said, according to Jiji Press.
      
       The cases involved 295 child victims, the National Policy Agency said -- almost double the number from last year and the highest since the agency started keeping such data a decade ago.
      
 

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