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In the fiscal year 2016/7 up to March, 250 children from elementary to high school age were recorded as having taken their own lives. The number is five more than last year, and the highest it has been since 1986.
Concerns the children had reported included family problems, worrying about their futures and bullying. But schools said the reasons behind about 140 of the deaths are unknown as the students did not leave a note. Most of those who took their lives were of high school age, where Japanese students typically study until they are aged 18.
[...] Overall suicides across Japan fell to about 21,000 in 2017, police say, down from a peak of about 34,500 in 2003.
[...] "The number of suicides of students have stayed high, and that is an alarming issue which should be tackled," education ministry official Noriaki Kitazaki said as the latest figures were released.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday November 07 2018, @10:46PM
Bullying and physical abuse are contributing factors, too. "The nail that sticks up gets hammered down" is a saying in Japan because bullying and peer pressure are that institutionalized.
Physical abuse is rampant in schools also. Teachers and administrators beat the hell out of students. There was a story of a teacher who locked for students in the trunk of his car during a class hike. He felt they had misbehaved. When the hike was done he opened the trunk and found they had all smothered to death on the hot day. The dude wasn't even charged with a crime. "These things happen."
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