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  • Japan scraps plan to urge breast-feeding

    05/11/2007 10:56:54 AM PDT · by Maximus of Texas · 3 replies · 234+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | 05/11/07 | AP
    TOKYO - A Japanese proposal to urge mothers to breast-feed their babies and sing lullabies to children was scrapped after critics warned it was too intrusive, a news report said. ADVERTISEMENT The proposal, which would also have recommended parents limit their children's television viewing and promote age-appropriate morals, was to have been announced Friday by an education reform panel named by the government. But experts and some government officials said the measure was "beyond intrusive," and interfered in people's private lives, Kyodo News agency said Thursday, citing unnamed individuals close to the panel. Japanese breastfeeding rates are much lower than...