Japanese children were rated as second-worst in mental well-being among 38 developed and emerging countries due to poor life satisfaction and suicides, a UNICEF report said Thursday.
While Japanese children ranked first in physical health and live in relatively well-off economic circumstances, bullying in schools as well as difficult family relationships are leading to a lack of psychological well-being, the U.N. Children’s Fund found.
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