TOKYO — Education minister Bummei Ibuki released a rare statement Friday calling on children across Japan to stop bullying immediately. "You who are being bullied and suffering are never alone," Ibuki said at a press conference reading the statement released following a recent spate of suicides by students leaving notes they had been bullied at school and letters sent to the ministry telling them they will commit suicide because of bullying at school.

The statement, titled, "A request from the education minister: To you who have the future," says to bullying children, "Rather than being embarrassed in the future by your own acts, stop the bullying you are currently doing immediately." It says to bullied children, "Do not suffer all by yourselves. Please have the courage to tell others that you are being bullied."

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