Regional legal affairs bureaus responded to a record 3,988 school bullying cases last year, up 20.6 percent from 2011, the Justice Ministry announced Friday.
The findings come amid heightened attention on the issue following the 2011 suicide of a junior high school student who had been severely bullied in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, a ministry official said.
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