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Child suicides in Japan are the highest they have been in more than three decades, the country's education ministry says.
In the fiscal year 2016/7 up to March, 250 children from elementary to high school age were recorded as having taken their own lives.
The number is five more than last year, and the highest it has been since 1986.
Concerns the children had reported included family problems, worrying about their futures and bullying.
But schools said the reasons behind about 140 of the deaths are unknown as the students did not leave a note.
Most of those who took their lives were of high school age, where Japanese students typically study until they are aged 18.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46096626
In the fiscal year 2016/7 up to March, 250 children from elementary to high school age were recorded as having taken their own lives.
The number is five more than last year, and the highest it has been since 1986.
Concerns the children had reported included family problems, worrying about their futures and bullying.
But schools said the reasons behind about 140 of the deaths are unknown as the students did not leave a note.
Most of those who took their lives were of high school age, where Japanese students typically study until they are aged 18.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46096626
