Why do Japanese schools have so much bullying?

FIVE months after the tsunami that led to his family's evacuation from Fukushima, the boy enrolled at a new school in Yokohama. His new classmates were pitiless. They called him “germ boy”. They stole his things. read more

In the case of Japanese schools, the mentality of uniformity and being the same is much more of a cultural aspect, so those that are different in anyway stick out a lot more. It’s also that bullying is interpreted differently depending of the culture. read more

Required by law to attend an assigned public school, many children and their parents have minimal agency to withdraw from a bullying scenario. Some parents will look for alternative schooling options for their bullied children, like private schools, charter schools, online schools, or homeschooling. read more