Confidant of bullied special needs school students in Japan AY 2022
Special needs schools in Japan reported 3,032 incidents of bullying behavior among the student body in the academic year 2022, with class teachers being the confidant of victims in 76.8 percent of all cases. Following the enactment of the anti-bullying legislation in 2013, the government required schools to implement measures to identify bullying at an early stage.