A record of 527 students from elementary and senior high schools killed themselves in 2024, according to health ministry data ...

In this April 15, 2020, image made from the Youtube account of Arisa Kadono, she speaks to her smartphone video at a hospital, in Himeji, western Japan. Soon after Kadono tested positive for the ...

In 2011, a 13-year-old student in Otsu, Japan, jumped to his death following weeks of intense bullying from other students. His teacher had reportedly brushed off the abuse as a joke, and the school ...

TOKYOTOKYO — A Japanese city will reinvestigate alleged bullying that was denied by education officials two years ago after a 14-year-old girl was found dead in a neighborhood park. Saaya Hirose, an ...

Pope Francis has told Japanese Emperor Naruhito that he remembers seeing his parents cry over the news of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 74 years ago. The pope traveled on Sunday to the ...

In Ruth Ozeki's new novel, A Tale for the Time Being, a 16-year-old girl in Japan starts a diary, writing that it will be a record of her last... Tsunami Delivers A Young Diarist's 'Tale' Of Bullying ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The recent death of Hana Kimura, a bubbly, pink-haired 22-year-old wrestler and reality TV show star, has spotlighted a rise in cyber bullying in Japan and prompted swift official ...

TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on Pope Francis’ visit to Japan (all times local): 7 p.m. Pope Francis has told Japanese Emperor Naruhito that he remembers seeing his parents cry over the news of the atomic ...

TOKYO (AP) — The coronavirus in Japan has brought not just an epidemic of infections, but also an onslaught of bullying and discrimination against the sick, their families and health workers. A ...

TOKYO – The coronavirus in Japan has brought not just an epidemic of infections, but also an onslaught of bullying and discrimination against the sick, their families and health workers. A government ...