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Bullying/Racism and Other Crime in Japanese Schools
In case you ever need evidence for a judge that a mixed race child brought back to Japan could suffer severely from
bullying, this page will provide evidence. This page also collects articles on other bizarre behavior at schools or by
teachers.
Related Pages
Child Abuse in Japan
Child Prostitution and Pornography in Japan
Articles on Bullying - 2007 and earlier
(EJ) means the article is available in both English and Japanese;
Bullying and School Crime Related Lawsuits
2008
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Schoolboy seeks damages for being named most disliked person in class; (EJ) May 10, 2008
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2 students sue classmates, local govt over bullying; (E) May 5, 2008
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Ex-school baseball club members to seek damages for being forced to run naked; (EJ) April 5, 2008
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Former teacher reaches settlement with student he molested; (J) February 6, 2008; Saga Pref.--In a court mediated settlement an ex-high school teacher has paid 2 million yen to a former student he was convicted of molesting in 2005.
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High court orders teacher's killer to compensate family; (EJ) February 1, 2008; The former guard, who worked at an elementary school in Tokyo, confessed to killing a 29-year-old teacher who worked at the same school, and hiding her body under the floor of his home.
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Lawsuit over jnr. high school teacher's corporal punishment; (J) January 31, 2008; Koriyama City.
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Former classmates prohibited from loitering near victim's house; (J) January 18, 2008; Osaka--The 17-year-old victim has already received some financial compensation from his tormentors and their parents in a mediated settlement. He is currently suing the city for damages in a lawsuit at the Osaka District Court. The teen was subject to violence and extortion which started during his first year at junior high school.
Articles on Bullying
2008
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1 in 34 junior high school students skipping at least 30 days of school per year; (EJ) August 8, 2008; The percentage of students citing bullying as the reason they stayed away from school rose by 0.3 percentage points to reach 3.5 percent, and 18.4 percent said relationships between friends (excluding bullying), marking a 2.8 percent increase.
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New form of bullying by e-mail on rise; (EJ) July 19, 2008
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Schoolgirl stabbed in back by fellow student in Wakayama; (EJ) June 19, 2008
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High school girl hangs self after blog post tells her to die; (EJ) May 31, 2008
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Web sites hotbeds of bullying / Half of student Internet bulletin boards contain abusive messages; (EJ) April 16, 2008
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Ministry: School bullying doubles in '07; (EJ) March 29, 2008; Legal affairs bureaus and other institutions across the country handled a record 2,152 cases of human rights violations involving bullying at schools in 2007--more than twice as many cases as in the previous year, according to a Justice Ministry report released Friday.
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Schoolgirl found hanged in Akita junior high school toilet; (EJ) March 15, 2008
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20% of 38,000 student Web sites abusive; (EJ) March 15, 2008; A ministry survey of 39 prefectures revealed there are 38,000 of these so-called gakko ura sites, informal bulletin boards that have sparked growing concerns they might be inciting bullying and abusive behavior among students.
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2 schoolboys face arrest for violence at school, peeing from building; (EJ) March 14, 2008
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10 percent of Osaka school children complain of online harassment; (EJ) March 13, 2008
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Update: High school boy who bullied another student into suicide put on probation; (EJ) March 11, 2008
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Prof designs online-bully detector; (EJ) March 8, 2008; "Internet bulletin boards such as these are springing up all across the country--many with a high level of anonymity," Shimoda said. "If society fails to take measures now, the situation will spiral beyond the control of parents and teachers."
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Four girls arrested for blackmailing classmate in Tokyo; (EJ) March 6, 2008
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10-year-old girl posts death threat on Web site; (EJ) March 5, 2008
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Teen questioned over online death threat against Fukuoka school student; (EJ) March 4, 2008
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Child bullying attacks fall in 2007 but number of perpetrators still high; (EJ) February 21, 2008
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3 Tokyo high school students arrested for bullying; (J) February 13, 2008
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Update: In the sumo world, beatings common to toughen up newcomers; (EJ) February 13, 2007; The beating that apparently led to the death of Takashi Saito, then 17, was described in detail on the wide shows. Unfortunately, many say this is not an isolated incident. In fact, the Tokitsukaze stable where the assault occurred was known for its "at home" atmosphere, said Yorimasa Takeda, a sumo journalist. Although Saito died of shock in June last year, it took seven months for Aichi police to arrest Junichi Yamamoto, the former stablemaster, and the three wrestlers. Police did not conduct an autopsy, believing no foul play occurred despite scars and bruises on Saito's body. Saito's father, Masato, said he had previously doubted that anyone would be held criminally responsible for his son's death.
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High school student uses necktie to hang himself in school bathroom; (EJ) February 8, 2008; Around May last year, the school learned that the freshman student had been beaten and kicked by three senior students after his mother consulted with the school over an incident.
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Update; Meiji University to disband cheering club after member kills self over bullying; (EJ) January 25, 2008
- Bullied Japanese cheerleader killed himself; (EJ) December 27, 2007; Bullying has long bedevilled Japan from schoolyards to workplaces. A government survey in November found 125,000 cases of bullying in elementary, middle and high schools in the year to March, but more cases are believed to go unreported.
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3 teens arrested for burning, beating younger student; (EJ) January 18, 2008
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Girls lead rise in complaints of libel on Net; (EJ) January 17, 2008; More people, particularly female students at junior and senior high schools, are consulting police about malicious messages posted on the Internet, many of them sexually explicit in nature. The number of cases climbed to 8,037 in 2006, up from 2,566 four years earlier, according to the National Police Agency.
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Teen held for knife attacks on 5 people; (EJ) January 7, 2008; According to a report in the Japanese language media, the 16-year-old boy had changed schools during his junior high years as he'd been the victim of bullying. He had been doing his high school studies by correspondance and attending cram school, apparently because of troubled relationships.
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Elementary, junior high schools to be assigned social workers; (E) January 7, 2008; The education ministry is planning to place social workers at public elementary and junior high schools across the nation in the next fiscal year to help deal with problems affecting children and families ranging from domestic violence and neglect to bullying.
Previous Years
Articles on Bullying - 2007
Articles on Bullying - 2006
Child Suicides
2008
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Boy kills self after being questioned by teachers for slandering student; (EJ) August 7, 2008
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Girl, 15, found dead in apparent suicide; (EJ) August 6, 2008
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Schoolgirl apparently leaps to death from Saitama apartment; (EJ) June 23, 2008
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Suicides exceed 30,000 for 10th yr; (EJ) June 20, 2008; 548 people 19 or younger killed themselves in 2007. Included in that figure were eight primary school children, 51 middle school students and 215 high school students.
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Schoolboy worried about grades leaps to death in front of train in Tokyo; (EJ) May 23, 2008
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High school boy leaps to death from condominium complex; (EJ) May 16, 2008
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Teen commits suicide in telephone booth; (EJ) May 14, 2008
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Update: Boy who jumped to death had written about suicidal tendencies at school; (EJ) May 9, 2008
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Residents evacuated as Osaka schoolboy fatally gasses self with hydrogen sulfide in plastic bag; (EJ) May 6, 2008
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Teenage girl gasses self to death with hydrogen sulfide, local residents flee; (EJ) April 24, 2008
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Junior high school girl dies after jumping in front of train in apparent suicide; (EJ) April 8, 2008
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Boy, 12, jumps to his death from condo on graduation day; (EJ) March 26, 2008
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High school boy, mom found gassed to death at home; (EJ) March 13, 2008
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High school boy hangs self from stairway on public road in Nagasaki; (EJ) March 3, 2008
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Teen dies after being hit by train at level crossing; (J) January 27, 2008; Osaka--It is suspected the high school boy killed himself, possibly because of concern over his school grades.
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14-year-old girl commits suicide on Aichi railway; (EJ) January 19, 2008
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Boy found dead outside housing complex may have leaped to his death; (EJ) January 8, 2008
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High school student leaps to his death from residential building; (J) January 7, 2008
Offences Against Children by Teachers
2008
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Teacher resigns after kissing student in Akita; (EJ) August 8, 2008
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Teacher suspended for slapping 9-year-old girl; (EJ) August 6, 2008
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Papers sent on teacher over propositioning girl; (EJ) July 29, 2008
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Teacher hits 83 students on head for being late; (EJ) July 12, 2008
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School teacher arrested for peeping up student's skirt in Oita; (E) July 8, 2008
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Former teacher held for molesting 11-year-old girl in Kochi; (J) July 3, 2008
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Teacher arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting 11-year-old girl; (E) June 24, 2008
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Ex-teacher nabbed in schoolgirl rape; (EJ) June 4, 2008
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Update: Teacher collared for sneaking into elementary school to photograph children; (EJ) June 3, 2008
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Update: Child porn and sex crimes: A slap on the wrist for 20 years of secret images; (EJ) June 3, 2008
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Education official arrested for molesting high school girl at fast food store; (EJ) May 31, 2008
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Elementary school principal hit with wage cut for assaulting 9 students; (EJ) May 27, 2008
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Elementary school teacher admits molesting 'over 10' little girls; (EJ) May 26, 2008
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Teacher apologizes for making first grader wear 'liar' sign; (EJ) May 24, 2008
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Perverted panty-loving teacher busted for having schoolgirl email him obscene photos; (EJ) May 20, 2008
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Teacher jailed for molesting his former student; (EJ) May 12, 2008
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Teacher collared for sexually abusing homeroom student during fake graduation trip; (EJ) May 10, 2008
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Computer teacher arrested for upskirt shots of schoolgirl in his class; (E) May 3, 2008
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Kanagawa high school teacher arrested for child prostitution; (EJ) April 24, 2008
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Education official arrested for performing indecent acts on high school girl; (EJ) April 22, 2008
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Junior high school teacher fired for molesting girl during club activities; (EJ) April 10, 2008
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Cram school teacher nabbed for feeling up student; (EJ) April 9, 2008
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Elementary school teacher gets 22 months behind bars for molesting girl; (EJ) March 21, 2008
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Teacher suspended for threats, cutting power on disabled student's wheelchair; (EJ) March 20, 2008
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Elementary schoolgirl made to kowtow in apology for forgetting notebook; (EJ) March 18, 2008
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Wakayama teacher handed 4-year prison term for molesting student; (J) March 18, 2008
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Top high school basketball coach imprisoned over sex attacks on schoolgirls; (EJ) March 17, 2008
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Cops promise crackdown on sick salarymen's dirty desires for 'junior goods'; (E) March 12, 2008; "We suspect that the materials are being generated by cram school teachers or relatives of the victims on the photos.
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Public high school principal arrested for blackmailing ex-student lover; (EJ) March 9, 2008
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High school teacher punished for bombarding student with love letters; (EJ) February 23, 2008
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Teacher threatens to force schoolgirl to strip for using mobile phone in class; (EJ) February 22, 2008
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Karate teacher uses below the black belt skills to master schoolgirl seduction; (EJ) February 21, 2008
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Teacher arrested for photographing up high school girl's skirt; (EJ) February 14, 2008
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Update: Sacked teacher indicted for child prostitution; (J) February 7, 2008
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Teacher arrested for having sex with student from his school; (EJ) February 5, 2008
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Update: Teacher admits to fondling schoolgirls' breasts as trial opens; (EJ) February 1, 2007
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Update: Knife-wielding teacher robs schoolboys of their briefs; (EJ) January 28, 2008
- Knife-wielding man makes kids strip on school grounds; (J) January 22, 2008; Tokyo--The man trespassed onto the primary school grounds and threatened 8 junior high boys playing there with a knife. After forcing 6 of the boys, aged 12~13, to take off their pants and underwear he then ran off taking the clothes with him.
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Update: Man nabbed for selling kiddy porn to teacher; (EJ) January 26, 2008
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5 girls, education official tied to child prostitution scandal on matchmaking site; (EJ) January 22, 2008
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Teacher sacked for taking photo up schoolgirl's skirt; (J) January 18, 2008; The incident took place on an escalator at a JR station in Shiga Prefecture. The male teacher admitted to having taken similar photos on other occasions.
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Teacher fired for taking his student to bar, sexually harassing her; (J) January 17, 2008
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Update: Teacher sent to prison for repeatedly fondling schoolgirls; (EJ) January 17, 2008
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Teacher slaps whole class of elementary school students in face; (EJ) January 12, 2008
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Hokkaido's scandal-plagued teachers given 'Morality Manual'; (EJ) January 10, 2008; Board officials said they decided to hand out the "Morality Manual" because so many Hokkaido teachers were involved in scandals during the 2006 academic year, including 14 teachers punished for sex shames, 16 disciplined over corporal punishment and two penalized because of troubles over money. Already this year, 13 Hokkaido teachers have been fired over such scandals such as having sex with young girls.
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Cram school manager arrested for lewd behaviour with female student; (J) January 10, 2008
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Teacher busted for putting cell-phone up primary schoolgirl's skirt to take photo; (J) January 9, 2008
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Update: Wayward woodwind teacher arrested for showing schoolgirls how to blow; (EJ) January 8, 2008
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President of school PTA arrested for child prostitution; (J) January 7, 2008
Previous Years
Articles on Bullying, Teachers' Sex Offences Against Children - 2007
Articles on Bullying, Teachers' Sex Offences Against Children - 2006
Other School-related Abuse, Crime, Problems
2008
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Principal seeks debate with education board over teachers' right to 'express opinions'; (EJ) August 5, 2008
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Teen who stabbed teacher says he was teased in front of classmates; (EJ) July 31, 2008
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Teacher loses job over Internet comment that he wanted to kill boss; (EJ) July 25, 2008
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Mothers of students at same junior high school as bus hijacker showing signs of stress; (EJ) July 22, 2008
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Oita education board to sack educators who illicitly passed teacher's exams; (EJ) July 16, 2008
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Manager of school baseball club put on home duty over drunken outburst; (EJ) July 7, 2008
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Boy slashed by attacker on way to school in Mito; (EJ) July 4, 2008
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18 schoolgirls' swimsuits stolen at primary school in Yamanashi; (E) June 26, 2008
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Local education board snubs physical test over privacy concerns; (EJ) June 24, 2008
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34% of nation's school buildings would fall in Iwate-strength quake; (EJ) June 21, 2008
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Teacher caught drunk driving -- 8 hours after last drink; (EJ) June 21, 2008
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2 junior high school boys reported to prosecutors for hurling Molotov cocktails at gym; (EJ) June 20, 2008
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Man slashes junior high school girl on way to school; (EJ) June 20, 2008
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Body of headless cat found at high school in Yamaguchi; (E) June 18, 2008
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Aichi man arrested for threatening to kill school kids; (E) June 18, 2008
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Teacher accused of embezzlement abandons suicide plan after receiving child's e-mail; (EJ) June 11, 2008
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Knife-wielding boy arrested for entering high school in hope to meet ex-girlfriend; (EJ) June 10, 2008
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Elementary schoolboy fights for life following judo teacher's powerful throw; (EJ) May 28, 2008
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Man disguised as schoolgirl arrested for trespassing in Ibaraki school; (E) May 27, 2008
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Fukui school cancels sports festival after threat against children; (E) May 17, 2008
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Teacher nabbed for drifting in crackdown on Osaka's illegal street racers; (EJ) April 28, 2008
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Nara public school teacher found in possession of illegal porn; (EJ) April 7, 2008
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School yearbook ranks students likely to set fire to PM's residence; (EJ) April 4, 2008
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Vice principal skips school to play pachinko in Hyogo; (EJ) April 2, 2008
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Elementary schools face new mandate: Patriotism, 'Kimigayo'; (EJ) March 29, 2008; But in fact, teachers harbor opposition to "Kimigayo" and the country's Hinomaru national flag because of their association with Japan's militaristic past. Many have also been punished for not observing the symbols during school ceremonies.
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Shopping mall rampage suspect says he wanted to target his old school; (EJ) March 24, 2008
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Tokyo educators sacked over affairs with students' mothers; (EJ) March 18, 2008
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Posh girls' school principal arrested for pick pocketing; (EJ) March 18, 2008
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Tokyo daycare center poised to be charged over girl's jelly choking death; (EJ) March 15, 2008
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Update: High school girl acquitted of murdering baby born in restroom; (EJ) March 14, 2007
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High school boy arrested over terrorism threats on Internet; (EJ) March 13, 2008; Kobe--A 17-year-old high school boy has been arrested for posting a message on an Internet bulletin board threatening to launch terrorist attacks on local schools, police said.
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Attacker hacks off schoolgirls' hair in Nagoya; (EJ) March 11, 2008
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Man arrested for attempted extortion from nursery school; (EJ) March 6, 2008
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Update: Armed panty thief teacher denies charges as trial opens; (EJ) March 5, 2008
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Parents of suicide teacher apply for worker's comp., claiming she suffered depression; (EJ) February 29, 2008
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Man in girl's uniform terrifies students; (EJ) February 22, 2008
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Update: Kindergarten principal, ex-staff member to face prosecutors over death of toddler; (J) February 21, 2008
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Private schoolgirl arrested for taking drug stash to school; (EJ) February 21, 2008
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Teacher's suicide officially recognized as work-related; (EJ) February 15, 2008; Iwate--The teacher, then 34, developed depression due mainly to suffering violence from his students.
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Education, Osaka-style: Sneaky love hotel sets up shop next to school; (E) February 12, 2008; Residents of Osaka's Nishi-ku are raising a stink over what they say is a shifty plan aimed at setting up a love hotel right next door to an elementary school in the ward.
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Teacher suspected of leaping to his death from school building; (J) February 8, 2008; Miyagi--The 43-year-old male teacher's body was found in a junior high school courtyard at around 9am on February 7.
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Schoolgirl slashed on leg in attack on Saitama road; (EJ) February 7, 2008; The girl, 13, was attacked at about 7:35am as she was on her way to school. -- Update: (J) February 8; A second junior high school girl, 14, has also been attacked by a man wielding a knife. This morning's 8am incident took place in a different part of Saitama. She escaped unharmed.
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School vice principal arrested for stealing woman's underwear; (EJ) February 4, 2008; In an update (J), the vice principal was found to have around 300 pairs of women's panties in his school locker.
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Man slashes junior high school girl on way to school; (EJ) February 4, 2008
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Schoolteacher quits after getting busted for 10 years of unlicensed driving; (EJ) February 2, 2008
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Teachers abandon meeting after hotel refuses venue on fear of rightists; (EJ) February 1, 2008; Those groups have frequently targeted the teachers' union in their attacks employing convoys of trucks equipped with loudspeakers in the belief the union is promoting unpatriotic, antiwar education.
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Update: Ex-school head hit with fourth arrest warrant for molestation; (EJ) February 1, 2008
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Female janitor found stabbed to death at elementary school; (EJ) January 31, 2008
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Other articles on school crime, scandals etc for January; (J) January 31, 2008
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Teacher held over riding motorbike while drunk; (EJ) January 28, 2008
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Shiga pledges to sack any educators embroiled in sex scandals; (EJ) January 21, 2008
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Vandals in Aichi smash 68 windows at junior high school; (J) January 19, 2008
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Man stabs boy on his way to school; (J) January 18, 2008; Kobe--The 13-year-old boy suffered minor injuries to his abdomen in the surprise attack.
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Update: Soccer coach who made kids run nude laps commits suicide; (EJ) January 17, 2008
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Girl assaulted on way home from school; (E) January 17, 2008
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Teacher who groped woman on train platform given 3-month suspension; (J) January 16, 2008
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Schoolboy arrested for threatening to blow up schools; (EJ) January 12, 2008
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Hidden camera discovered in staff toilet at junior high school; (J) January 11, 2008
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Junior high school teacher collared for stealing 500,000 yen left at ATM; (EJ) January 7, 2008
Previous Years
Articles on Bullying, School-related Crime - 2007
Articles on Bullying, School-related Crime - 2006
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