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“All priority seats” is the concept for more people such as elderly and handicapped passengers; however, Hankyu Railway already did away with it, because of ineffectiveness to give up a seat.

Yokohama Subway still continue it, carried out a customers survey, some opinion is, “I think I don’t need to give up my seat.” or “Sitting is difficult for younger.”

Each people should know the concept, and should improve their consciousness, I think.

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http://mytown.asahi.com/kanagawa/news.php?k_id=15000000712060005

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/優先席

1.  Child abuse is giving physical, emotional or sexual pains to children by their parents, teachers and others.

2.  Neglecting, namely not taking care of children is also child abuse.

3.  In Japan, about 381,000 child abuse cases were reported in 2006. Every year, the number is increasing more and more.

4.  Why do such sad things happen? People who work to prevent child abuse think that extraordinary stress –for example, poverty, divorce, sickness or disability of a child and lack of parental skills are major causes of child abuse.

5.  The tendency that people who were abused in childhood will become child abuser is found.

6.    Therefore, child abuse will increase more and more, if we       don’t try to stop it from now.

Sources

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abuse

http://www.mhlw.go.jp/houdou/2007/07/h0710-3.html