Download or read book Children of the Japanese State written by Roger Goodman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 30,000 Japanese children are in the care of the state. This study describes what happens to them in a country that has no professional social workers and little tradition of adopting or fostering children in need of care.