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BULLYING

JAPAN
Feb 13, 2017
Aichi teacher draws blame following student suicide over sports accident
A junior high school in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, announced Monday that one of its students killed himself after the teacher in charge of him "responded inappropriately" to injuries he sustained during a sports event.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2017
Cabinet OKs bill to let Tepco tap state funds for decontamination, bullying measures
The Cabinet on Friday approved a bill enabling state funds to be used to decontaminate areas tainted by fallout from the Fukushima disaster.
JAPAN / Society
Feb 7, 2017
Panel urges government to do more to prevent bullying of 3/11 school children
A special government panel will urge the government to do more to prevent students who were relocated after the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis from being bullied at school, in the first planned review of its basic policy on the issue.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Jan 25, 2017
Education in Japan in 2016: new solutions and age-old problems, from teaching English to bullying
With schools well into their final term and the university academic year already winding down it's time to reflect on the most significant events in Japanese education this past year.
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2016
Fukushima high school apologizes for physical abuse of student in sumo club
A high school in Fukushima Prefecture apologized Monday after a teacher repeatedly beat a student in the sumo club.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 16, 2016
Fukushima evacuee poll finds kids in eight Yokohama-area households had experienced bullying
Eight households that evacuated from Fukushima following the 2011 nuclear disaster said their children have experienced bullying at their new schools, according to a survey of 61 families suing the government and the nuclear plant operator.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 2, 2016
Niigata elementary school teacher calls Fukushima evacuee a 'germ'
A student who fled the Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011 has been absent from school for more than a week since a teacher added "germ" to his name when addressing him in late November, a local education board in Niigata Prefecture said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 30, 2016
Ministry slams national university-affiliated school's slow bullying response, urges quick action on cases
Well-known Tokyo high school taken to task over mishandling of incident that left one student severely injured.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 24, 2016
Fukushima evacuee bullied by Yokohama classmates issues appeal against suicide
A 13-year-old boy in Yokohama who was bullied by classmates after evacuating from nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima has made public plea urging young people suffering a similar ordeal not to consider death as the answer to their problems.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2016
Officials in Yokohama discuss how to stop bullying after Fukushima boy's case
Top officials from the education ministry and the city of Yokohama met Monday to discuss how to better prevent school bullying in the wake of the harassment of a transfer student from Fukushima.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 18, 2016
Police warned school about extortion of bullied Fukushima boy in 2011
An elementary school in Yokohama ignored a police report that a transfer student from disaster-hit Fukushima Prefecture was possibly being bullied and extorted by classmates, sources said Thursday.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 17, 2016
Yokohama mayor wants school board to probe why it failed to help bullied Fukushima evacuee boy
Yokohama's mayor said Wednesday she has instructed the city's board of education to investigate the reason behind its poor support in a case involving a 13-year-old boy from Fukushima Prefecture who had evacuated to the city in the wake of the March 2011 nuclear meltdowns and was bullied because he was from the radiation-devastated prefecture.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 12, 2016
LGBT-inclusive curriculum badly needed
For too long, Japanese LGBT students have faced verbal abuse, physical harassment and far worse because of homophobia.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2016
Aomori city hands back photo award stripped in connection with girl's suicide
The city of Kuroishi, Aomori Prefecture, has bowed to public pressure and decided to hand back a photography award that it retracted when it emerged the subject had committed suicide.
EDITORIALS
Sep 17, 2016
Preventing youth suicides
More than 300 schoolchildren take their own lives every year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2016
Twitter denies #SaveTwitter rumors of shutting down in 2017
Twitter Inc. denied on Thursday rumors that the social media messaging service will be shutting down in 2017, denouncing the claim as groundless.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 2, 2016
The scourge of binge drinking on youth
As the new academic year begins, Masami Ito looks at efforts that are being made to prevent young people from drinking heavily in group settings.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2016
Game app could teach children how to detect potential dangers of smartphones
As the use of smartphones grows in popularity with school children, educators are struggling with ways to teach young people how to recognize and handle the potential dangers they could face, and a smartphone game app called "Soul Negotiator" could be the answer teachers are looking for.
JAPAN / Society
Jan 26, 2016
Boy's suicide prompts Tokyo education panel to investigate suspicions of school bullying
The Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education has set up a special investigative committee to look into whether a 16-year-old boy who killed himself in September had been bullied.
EDITORIALS
Jan 2, 2016
Education deserves more attention
The government's conservative agenda is exposed by the rise in defense spending while funding for education remains static.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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