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Overview
The Child Sexual Violence Prevention Act asks schools, nurseries, cram schools and other businesses that teach or care for children to take steps against sexual violence by their staff. The page explains which businesses are covered, the marks they display, and where parents and children can seek advice. Its measures apply once the law takes effect.
About the law
Schools, nurseries, cram schools and other businesses that teach or care for children must take steps against sexual violence by their staff. The Act was passed in June 2024, and its measures take effect on 25 December 2026.
What the Act requires
- A business is covered when its activities with children have control, continuity and closedness.
- Covered businesses must take safety measures and information management measures.
- The national government and the competent authorities guide and supervise how these measures are carried out.
What counts as sexual violence
Sexual violence includes crimes, and also sexual words and behaviour that make a child uncomfortable. It is serious, hard to speak about and hard to detect.
- Intercourse without consent
- Touching sexual parts
- Obscene words or behaviour
- Child prostitution
- Making or possessing child pornography
- Peeping or secret filming
These acts are the same as the sexual violence covered by the Act on Preventing Sexual Violence by Teachers.
Inappropriate conduct
Inappropriate conduct is not sexual violence, but if it continues or develops it can lead to it. Whether an act is inappropriate depends on the business, the child's stage and the situation, so it is not judged the same way for every business.
- Private exchanges with a child on social media
- Taking photos of a child on a private device for non-work purposes
- Meeting a child alone in private
- Unnecessary physical contact, such as reaching into a child's nappy to check toileting
- Taking charge of particular children without a reason
Marks for parents
- Covered businesses display the legal-business mark.
- Certified mark: cram schools, sports clubs and other businesses certified by the national government may display it.
- Legal-business mark: schools, authorised nurseries and other covered businesses may display it.
Where to seek advice
If you do not know where to turn but have a problem:
- 24-hour Child SOS Dial
- Children's human rights 110 and LINE human rights consultation
- Children's human rights SOS mini letter
- Parent and child consultation LINE
- Itabashi Ward Child and Family General Support Centre (child guidance centre)
If you are not sure whether it is sexual violence but want to talk: Curetime.
If sexual violence is suspected or has happened: the one-stop support centres for victims of sexual crime and violence, and the early support organisations for crime victims.
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Where
Itabashi Ward Child and Family General Support Centre (child guidance centre) for consultations.
Contact
Children's Policy Section
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