The 2016 suicide of a 13-year-old girl in the city of Aomori was caused by bullying carried out in person and online, a panel looking into her death reported to the local government Thursday.
The final report on Rima Kasai's suicide was compiled by a new third-party panel, set up in December 2017 by the local board of education, after the original group ended its term without completing its work due to opposition from the bereaved family.
Kasai's family thought the draft report failed to address bullying and led them to question the panel's independence from the school.