School bullying cases hit record high in Japan

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The number of reported cases of bullying at schools across Japan totaled 543,933 in fiscal 2018, up 31.

3 percent from a year earlier and marking the highest level on record, according to an education ministry survey released Thursday.

The survey covered state, public and private elementary, junior high and high schools, as well as special schools for children with disabilities. Referring to the increase in the number of serious cases, an official said the ministry "takes it seriously and will continue studying further countermeasures."Bullying cases at junior high schools stood at 97,704, up 17,280, and those for high schools came to 17,709, up 2,920. Those at special schools totaled 2,676 cases, up 632.

 

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