Tokyo school counselor submits request for removal of upper limit on reappointment. Tokyo's school counselors are assigned to elementary, junior high, and high schools in Tokyo.
The term of office is "fiscal year appointed staff" for a maximum of one year, and the maximum number of reappointments is four times. According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education, 250 school counselors have been laid off in the new school year, while approximately 400 have been newly hired. A woman whose employment was terminated said, ``Some of the children started crying when I told them I was quitting''