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Japan’s college bullying circumstances hit file excessive in 2022

TOKYO, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) — A file excessive of over 680,000 bullying circumstances have been acknowledged in Japanese faculties within the 2022 tutorial yr, the nation’s training ministry mentioned on Wednesday.

A complete of 681,948 bullying circumstances have been acknowledged within the yr by way of March on the nation’s elementary, junior excessive and excessive faculties, up greater than 60,000 from the earlier college yr and rising for the tenth straight yr, in keeping with a survey by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

The variety of bullying circumstances was particularly notable at 551,944 in elementary faculties, whereas it reached 111,404 at junior excessive faculties, 15,568 at excessive faculties, and three,032 at particular wants faculties, the survey confirmed.

A complete of 923 circumstances have been thought-about “serious” through which the kids bullied killed themselves or missed college.

A complete of 29,842 faculties, or 82.1 %, mentioned they’d acknowledged bullying circumstances, barely rising from the earlier college yr, in keeping with the survey.

The survey additionally confirmed that the variety of violent acts and non-attendance hit file highs.

In the recorded college yr, the variety of youngsters who missed college for 30 days or extra rose for the tenth straight yr to a file excessive of 299,048.

The determine elevated by over 54,000, or 22 %, from the earlier tutorial yr.

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