Japan said Tuesday it would provide funds as quickly as possible to help children who lost parents in Asia's tsunamis and mulled setting up an orphanage.
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The Indonesian government has banned the adoption of children from the devastated province of Aceh amid reports that human traffickers were spiriting youngsters away. Japanese Justice Minister Chieko Nono proposed at a cabinet meeting that the government fund a home for orphans in a disaster-hit area, according to Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura, who said Tokyo would consult international organizations on the best way to contribute. "Considering the reports children orphaned by the disaster are being trafficked in Indonesia and other countries, we cannot leave the situation as it is," Machimura told reporters. "I would like to consider what Japan can do for them (the orphans) as quickly as possible in coordination with UNICEF and others," he said. |