{"id":1855,"date":"2023-04-01T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/?p=1855"},"modified":"2023-11-08T11:07:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T02:07:07","slug":"guardian-inc-participating-in-april-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/2023\/04\/01\/guardian-inc-participating-in-april-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardian Inc. participating in April Dream!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1855\" class=\"elementor elementor-1855\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70b363f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70b363f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-997508b\" data-id=\"997508b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5ab137 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5ab137\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Guardian Inc. has joined April Dream, which aims to make April 1 a day to share our dreams.<\/p><p><em>The dream of Guardian Inc.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>On April 1, 2023, we officially released &#8220;kimino micata,&#8221; an SOS communication support system for children.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20dfc22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"20dfc22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/April-Dream-550x400.png\" class=\"attachment-sydney-medium-thumb size-sydney-medium-thumb wp-image-1857\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5aecfb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5aecfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Do you know that the number of suicides among children in elementary, junior high, and high school is increasing due to the COVID-19 pandemic?<br \/>Do you know that Japan has a remarkably high teenage suicide rate among all developed countries? 75% of 10-60 year olds who experienced abuse as children by a parent or others did not consult their school teachers (ACHA Project, 2022). Young children do not understand that being abused is wrong. Is the environment surrounding children a &#8220;safe&#8221; place to live?<br \/>Society has yet to come to a better understanding of LGBTQ and other issues. How can we create a society where all of us, including children, can live safely while respecting our identities?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-382409c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"382409c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4887ba8\" data-id=\"4887ba8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41dcb19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"41dcb19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Guardian?<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bdfbaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8bdfbaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Guardian, Inc. was established to address the issue of protecting children from bullying and abuse by putting children first. Based in Kyoto, Japan, Guardian Inc. developed kimino micata with the goal of creating a society in which children can live in peace. This system is an SOS communication support system that makes it easier for children to communicate bullying, abuse, and mental health issues through an online questionnaire. In parallel with kimino micata, we will hold diversity and inclusiveness workshops to eliminate factors that contribute to bullying, and create an environment where people can live their lives even if they are different from others.<\/p><p>\u200c<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbd16cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bbd16cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kimono-micata-\u30c8\u30c3\u30d7\u753b-1024x549.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1858\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kimono-micata-\u30c8\u30c3\u30d7\u753b-1024x549.png 1024w, https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kimono-micata-\u30c8\u30c3\u30d7\u753b-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kimono-micata-\u30c8\u30c3\u30d7\u753b-768x412.png 768w, https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kimono-micata-\u30c8\u30c3\u30d7\u753b-1536x824.png 1536w, https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kimono-micata-\u30c8\u30c3\u30d7\u753b-2048x1098.png 2048w, https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kimono-micata-\u30c8\u30c3\u30d7\u753b-1000x536.png 1000w, https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kimono-micata-\u30c8\u30c3\u30d7\u753b-230x123.png 230w, https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kimono-micata-\u30c8\u30c3\u30d7\u753b-350x188.png 350w, https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kimono-micata-\u30c8\u30c3\u30d7\u753b-480x257.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e7e6c1d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e7e6c1d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f72eaaa\" data-id=\"f72eaaa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce2c47e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce2c47e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Kimino micata?<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-358e2a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"358e2a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kimino micata is a tool that detects children&#8217;s SOS messages through an online questionnaire about their daily lives, and delivers the results to school nurses and other teachers. The system can be used to reduce the workload of teachers (compared to paper questionnaires) by instantly tabulating the data. The system comprehensively covers not only bullying, but also neglect, sexual abuse, mental health, and other issues.<\/p><ul><li>Signs of bullying can be detected at an early stage, before the situation becomes more serious.<\/li><li>Questionnaires can be completed at any time from a tablet or smartphone.<\/li><li>Children can send an SOS message directly to the school nurse at any time.<\/li><li>Questions are asked in easy-to-understand language according to the level of understanding of lower\/middle-upper elementary school, junior high school and high school students.<\/li><li>Questions can be switched between English and Japanese to make it easier to understand for children from other countries.<\/li><li>The questions can be answered in a safe and comfortable place, without being seen by the child next to you in the classroom.<\/li><li>Easy to use.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-476e69c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"476e69c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kimino-micata-\u30a2\u30f3\u30b1\u30fc\u30c8\u753b\u50cf-1024x299.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1859\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kimino-micata-\u30a2\u30f3\u30b1\u30fc\u30c8\u753b\u50cf-1024x299.png 1024w, https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kimino-micata-\u30a2\u30f3\u30b1\u30fc\u30c8\u753b\u50cf-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kimino-micata-\u30a2\u30f3\u30b1\u30fc\u30c8\u753b\u50cf-768x224.png 768w, https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kimino-micata-\u30a2\u30f3\u30b1\u30fc\u30c8\u753b\u50cf-1000x292.png 1000w, https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kimino-micata-\u30a2\u30f3\u30b1\u30fc\u30c8\u753b\u50cf-230x67.png 230w, https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kimino-micata-\u30a2\u30f3\u30b1\u30fc\u30c8\u753b\u50cf-350x102.png 350w, https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kimino-micata-\u30a2\u30f3\u30b1\u30fc\u30c8\u753b\u50cf-480x140.png 480w, https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kimino-micata-\u30a2\u30f3\u30b1\u30fc\u30c8\u753b\u50cf.png 1426w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09b2434 elementor-button-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"09b2434\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/kimino-micata\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">For more information on kimono micata, click here!<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-456c391 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"456c391\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8808678\" data-id=\"8808678\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89f5cc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"89f5cc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Caitlin Puzzar, co-founder and CEO of Guardian, Inc. said, \"We are excited to be a part of this project.\u201d.\n\n<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62c3c5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62c3c5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One simple way to protect children is to connect them to those who can solve their SOS calls, while also protecting their personal information. The needs of the children should come first. We welcome inquiries from municipalities and schools nationwide interested in introducing kimino micata.<\/p><p>Please contact us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@guardian-jp.com\">info@guardian-jp.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b31031a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b31031a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-abc6f6f\" data-id=\"abc6f6f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a5ff0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a5ff0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>April Dream&#8221; is a project by PR TIMES to communicate the dreams that companies want to realize on April 1. We are serious about making this dream a reality.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guardian Inc. has joined  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1857,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"post-templates\/post_nosidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1855"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1863,"href":"https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855\/revisions\/1863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian-jp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}