{"id":173994,"date":"2025-10-31T11:32:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T02:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173994&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-31T13:53:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T04:53:04","slug":"fukuoka-schools-report-record-number-of-non-attending-students","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-schools-report-record-number-of-non-attending-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Number of Non-Attending Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Ministry of Education survey found that 19,602 elementary and junior high school students in Fukuoka Prefecture missed 30 or more days of school in fiscal 2023\u2014an increase of 1,454 from the previous year. This equates to 47.2 students per 1,000, the fourth-highest rate nationwide and above the average of 38.6. Among high school students, 3,372 were chronically absent, down 215 from the previous year but still above average at 27.3 per 1,000. Reported bullying cases in the prefecture rose by 3,062 to 20,245, including 51 deemed serious. The prefecture operates the \u201cIjime Rescue Center,\u201d offering consultations to children and parents. <\/span><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mext.go.jp\/content\/20251029-mxt_jidou02-100002753_2_5.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministry of Education<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yomiuri.co.jp\/local\/kyushu\/news\/20251030-OYS1T50025\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yomiuri<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173996\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_classroom_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Schools Report Record Number of Non-Attending Students\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_classroom_2025_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_classroom_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_classroom_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_classroom_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Ministry of Education survey found that 19,602 elementary and junior high school students in Fukuoka Prefecture missed 30 or more days of school in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173994","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}