About "Children's Center" in Japan
Hi, @NianticGiffard .@NianticBrian-ING
I am very surprised to see this editorial post.
The reason why I was surprised is because the Wayspot became ONLINE at a children's center in Koshigaya-City.
Title of the Wayspot:越谷市立児童館コスモス
Location:https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=35.934905,139.784403&z=19
City: 2-9-9 Senma Taito, Koshigaya-shi, Saitama-Pref.
Cosmos, Koshigaya City Children's Center
Country:Japan
Original Photo
Zoom in on the name of the building on the front door and read it with me.
In the following image, I have translated the Japanese into English.
”Title of the Wayspot:越谷市立児童館コスモス” is the same string of text that is displayed.
"越谷市立児童館コスモス" is a Japanese word meaning "Koshigaya City Children's Center Cosmos".
So here's the thing.
Please look at the official website of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan with us.
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
About Children's Centres
This page is in Japanese, so I will try to translate it into English.
児童館について
About Children's Center
概要
児童福祉法第40条に規定する児童厚生施設の1つで、地域において児童に健全な遊びを与えて、その健康を増進し、又は情操をゆたかにすることを目的とする児童福祉施設
Outline
One of the child welfare institutions stipulated in Article 40 of the Child Welfare Law, a child welfare institution which aims to promote the health and enrich the sentiments of children by providing them with sound play in the community.
This law can be found on the Japanese Government's law search website "e-gov".
Let's look at "Article 40 of the Child Welfare Law".
URL
"A children's welfare institution shall be a children's playground, a children's center(children's hall) or any other institution whose purpose is to provide children with sound play and to promote their health or enrich their sentiments."
It is stipulated that
Now, let me repeat the URL above.
Let's look at it together.
Reference.)Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare English Top.
As of "Establishment status."
There are 2553 locations operated by the public sector in the data of 01 October 2019.
1,900 are operated by the private sector.
The "Implementing Entities" include prefectures, designated cities, municipalities, and social welfare corporations.
It is important to note the following points
This is defined as "All children (under 18 years old) are eligible.
In addition to this, it is stated that the following are examples of services
After-school care and guidance for children.
Training and guidance for junior high school and high school students
Consultation on child-rearing
The Child Welfare Law is one of the laws of Japan, which came into force in 1947 and was last amended in 2011.
reference:
PDF available at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japanese Only)
In Japan, some people who apply for a "children's hall" and some of the judges who approve them have the misconception that "we approve it because it is a public building", or that
There seems to be a certain number of people who, very unfortunately, do not know that a children's hall is a facility intended for children under 18 years old and should not be a Wayspot for adults to play location-based games.
In Japan, a children's home, which is one of the institutions for all children under the age of 18, as stipulated in Article 40 of the Child Welfare Law, is, in any case, the equivalent of a K-12.
The Koshigaya-City Children's Center Cosmos is not the only children's museum that has become a Wayspot.
ex.)
Title of the Wayspot:下諸井児童館
Location:https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=39.661788,140.242156&z=17
City: Daibu-477-1 Kawabemoroi,Akita-City.Akita-Pref
Country:Japan
I have reviewed and rejected this children's centre in Akita City.
But someone else approved it.
As a result, it has become a Wayspot.
And it's not just the case in Koshigaya and Akita.
A number of children's centres have already been turned into Wayspots in Japan.
And applications are being submitted every day.
The situation is absolutely deplorable.
ex.)
If an unrelated person enters a children's center, he or she will be reported as a suspicious person and taken to the police station.
In my opinion, it is not a good idea for us, as adults, to use a children's center which is one of the places that Japanese law clearly states is for children under the age of 18, as a Wayspot to play location-based games.
@NianticGiffard ,@NianticBrian-ING
It may take a lot of time, but I wish you to have a series of discussions between you and your team about how best to deal with this.
Comments
Hello @MagicalThorn-ING! We have reviewed the report and have taken action on the Wayspot and 3 Wayfinders in accordance with our policies. While we are unable to discuss our actions in detail to protect the submitter’s privacy, they may include, but are not limited to, sending a warning message, placing restrictions on their Wayfarer, Pokémon GO, or Ingress account, putting their account on probation, or placing a temporary or permanent suspension on their Wayfarer, Pokémon GO or Ingress account.
Thanks for helping us maintain the quality of the Wayspots.
Hi, @NianticGiffard .
Thank you very much.
However. The above mentioned children's center(titl:鳳来会児童館) in Chikusei City has not yet been removed.
It seems that several other children's centres around this one have also been Wayspot.
Please take a look at IntelMap.
(Chikusei_1)
Title of the Wayspot:田中町児童館
Location:https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=36.305408,139.980734&z=18
(Chikusei_2)
Title of the Wayspot:鳳来会児童館
Location:https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=36.305694,139.978878&z=18
(Chikusei_3)
Title of the Wayspot:東町児童会館
Location:https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=36.305694,139.978878&z=18
(Chikusei_4)
Title of the Wayspot:中島町児童会館
Location:https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=36.307502,139.982472&z=17
(Chikusei_5)
Title of the Wayspot:文化児童館
Location:https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=36.305671,139.98331&z=17
(Chikusei_6)
Title of the Wayspot:末広町児童館
Location:https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=36.310379,139.981251&z=17
(Chikusei_7)
Title of the Wayspot:旭町児童館
Location:https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=36.311781,139.979954&z=18
(Chikusei_8)
Title of the Wayspot:塚原児童館
Location:https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=36.301738,139.992429&z=18
Thank you very much. I appreciate your thoughtfulness.
Thanks for writing back. We gave this a second look and after reviewing the additional evidence provided, we've decided to retire the Portals in question.
Why did you decide to remove not-particularly-abusive children centers Wayspots (or taking action to nominations), bypassing the requirement of rejection email, meanwhile in another report of someone else you did otherwise?
Hi, @NianticGiffard , @NianticTintino .
I found one Wayspot of the Children's Center and I'm going to tell you about it.
(C-01)
Title of the Wayspot:沢野児童館
Location:https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=36.259159,139.362288&z=18
Report it in-game.
@MagicalThorn-ING さんの論法には重大な欠陥があります。「児童館」という名称で設置される施設が、必ずしも18歳未満の児童に利用を限らせる訳ではないからです。
本来は設置市町村が定めた条例や市町村の公式ウェブサイトで、対象者をその都度確認しなければなりませんが、MagicalThorn-INGさんはこのスレッドにおいて一度もその手法を用いていません。
@ MagicalThorn-ING's reasoning has a serious flaw. This is because the facility set up under the name of "Children's Center" does not necessarily limit the use to children under the age of 18.
Originally, the target person must be confirmed each time by the ordinance set by the installation municipality or the official website of the municipality, but MagicalThorn-ING has never used that method in this thread.
Are you talking about your disregard for what is set out in the Child Welfare Act and your spirit of non-compliance with the law?
It is clear that you are talking without understanding any of the parts of the Japanese law that I have already explained above.
何故に個別の検証を怠るのですか?という単純な話です。
太田市立沢野児童館の削除依頼では、削除の根拠として群馬県太田市の公式サイトを引用して「小学生(日本における初等教育期間)までの利用に限定していること」を示せば済むにも拘らず、MagicalThormさんはそれを行わない。
削除依頼の常連者でありながら、そういう個別検証を怠る姿勢を問題視しているのです。
(下記リンクは太田市の公式サイトです)
Why neglect individual verification? It is a simple story.
In the deletion request of Ota Municipal Sawano Children's Center, it is sufficient to quote the official website of Ota City, Gunma Prefecture as the basis for deletion and show that "the use is limited to elementary school students (primary education period in Japan)". Regardless, MagicalThorm doesn't do that.
Even though he is a regular customer of deletion requests, he considers the attitude of neglecting such individual verification as a problem.
(The link below is the official website of Ota City)