Japan had record 610,000 school bullying cases in FY 2019

A record 612,496 bullying cases were recognized at schools across Japan in fiscal 2019, up 68,563 from the previous high a year earlier, an education ministry survey showed Thursday.Among the cases, the number of "serious" incidents in which victims sustained severe physical or psychological damage also hit a record 723, up 20 percent from fiscal 2018, it showed.The survey covered public and private elementary, junior high and high schools, as well as special schools for children with disabilities, with 82.6 percent reporting that they had identified at least one case of bullying in the yea…READ FULL ARTICLE