Child suicides in Japan hit record high
A while ago I read a french news article that talked about bullying in japan and what was mentioned in it was way beyond what counts as bullying here (except for the most severe cases).
Bullying is always really bad and even just "mild" verbal or physical abuse can scar a child for life. But what apparently counts as "regular" bullying in Japan truly gave me the chills. Mentioned were things like stripping others naked, throwing away their clothes, burning their stuff, hitting them with sticks, spitting among other horrible things.
The article also mentioned that this went on just as a bad online with encouragements for suicide being a frequent part of the cyber bullying.<p>Does someone here have any experience with japanese school life? Is it really that bad? Or did they just pick a number of the worst cases?