56. School Violence, Bullying, Long-term Absence
　　& some other Statistics on Education in Japan

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　56-2 Some other Statistics on Education
Shoji Sugita
Preface
　　　　I will describe the Japanese situation of education with some statistics.

1. School violence
　　　　　Year 　　　1998 　　　1999 　　　2000
　　Elementary school 　　　1,304 　　　1,528 　　　1,509
　　Junior high school 　　18,209 　　22,991 　　24,246
　　Senior high school 　　　4,108 　　　5,152 　　　5,300
　　　　Total 　　23,621 　　29,671 　　31,055
(Source) Kyoiku Hakusho (White Paper on Education) edit.2000
　　　　　　by The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology

(Note) Total number of students in Japan (2000)..... Elementary (7366,079)
　　　　Junior high (4103,717), Senior high (4061,761)
(Comment 1) These school violences include with "attacks to teachers", "fights among
　　　　　　　　students", "attacks to other people" and "destruction of school property".　And the
　　　　　　　　number is increasing a little year by year. 　
(Comment 2) Criminal code is decreasing a little year by year, however it keeps on the high level.
　　By National Police Agency, in 1999, Illegal behavior refer to the juvenile:
　　　〇Felonious offences.... 173 ( Homicide 1, Robbery 33, Arson 127, Rapr 12 )
　 　〇　Violent offences....... 1,507
　 　〇　Larceny offences ....16,968, Intellectual Offences.. 21,　Moral Offences... 81　Others ..3,753　　　
2. Bullying Incidents
　　　　　Year 　1994 　1995 　1996 　1997 　1998 　1999
　　　Elementary school 25,295 26,614 21,733 16,294 12,858 　9,462
　　　Junior high school 26,828 29,068 25,862 23,234 20,801 19,383
　　　Senior high school 　4,253 　4,184 　3,771 　3,103 　2,576 　2,391
Special Education school 　　225 　　229 　　178 　　159 　 　161 　　133
　　　　Total 56,601 60,096 51,544 42,790 36,396 31,369
(Source) The same as above-mentioned.
(Comment) The number of bullying inciedents is decreasing a little year by year, however it keeps on a high
　　　　　　　level.　Therefore, we have to adopt more "school choices", Emergency Removal,　Absence, Change
　　　　　　　to other classes or other schools and so forth.
3. Long-term Absence
　Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Elementary
school 		12,645 13,710 14,769 15,786 16,569 19,498 20,765 26,017 26,044
Junior high school 54,172 58,421 60,039 61,663 65,022 74,853 84,701 101,675 104,164
　Total 66,817 72,131 74,808 77,449 81,591 94,351 105,466 127,692 130,208

(Comment) As for the background of Long-term Absences, there are sometimes problems in their
　　　　　　　homes or in their schools. The common sense of association with going to school is
　　　　　　　becoming weaker than previously. And we might be better to change the scool system,
　　　　　　　for instance, to adopt " chater school system" and the reduction of class sizes.
4. Withdrawal from senior high school
Year 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Number 123,069 123,529 112,933 101,194 94,065 96,401 98,179 112,150 111,491 111,372
　% 　2.2 　2.2 　2.1 　1.9 　1.9 　2.0 　2.1 　2.5 　2.6 　2.6
(Note) Total number of seinor high schoo students in Japan (2000)......... 4061,761
　　　　　Withdrawal (2000).......Number :109,146......... ..2.6.%
(Comment) The reason for the withdrawal are " Do not adjust to studyng i", "To change
　　　　　　schooling direction" and so forth. The percentage keeps on 2 %, however, is
　　　　　　increasing a little year by year and is becoming a problem in Japan.
　　　　　　　 2.5 % (1990) , 2.6 % (2000)
Described, March 2002　Continue to .......... Some other satistics on education in Japan