Around 7 percent of all foreign children in Japan of elementary to junior high school age, or 10,046 children, may not be attending school, government data showed Friday.But the number of such absentee school children as of May 2021 was down by almost half, or by 9,425, since the last survey by the education ministry, conducted in 2019.Elementary and junior high school education is not compulsory for foreigners, unlike for their Japanese peers. But they can receive public education for free if they wish.The ministry says the improvement since 2019 is possibly attributable to its efforts to …READ FULL ARTICLE
