TOKYO: The abuse of disabled people has emerged as a major problem in Japan with the violence most often inflicted by family members or domestic caregivers, according to a government survey.

The nationwide report, the first of its kind, found 1,699 confirmed cases of physically or mentally disabled people being abused over a six-month period.

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