The city's third-party committee found that there was "bullying" about the suicide of a boy in sixth grade in Noda City, Chiba Prefecture, but "it cannot be determined to be the main cause of suicide." We have compiled a survey report.

In July, a third-party committee of the city, consisting of experts, compiled a report on the problem of a boy in sixth grade committing suicide in Noda City, and submitted it to the city's Board of Education on the 8th.



According to the report, from interviews with children and questionnaire surveys, boys were handed to throw ▼ handed out prints from specific children in the same class, and ▼ were said to be "disliked" by name. After pointing out, we have identified these acts as "bullying."



On the other hand, he concluded that the act of "bullying" was "a common act that is often seen in the upper grades of adolescence and cannot be judged to be the main cause of suicide."



He also points out that as a measure to prevent recurrence, it is necessary to conduct training to improve the abilities of faculty and staff in order to pick up SOS of children.



Hiroshi Sato, the director of the Noda City Board of Education, said, "I would like to take the report seriously and make every effort to prevent recurrence."



According to the city, the bereaved family of the boys told the city, "I am not convinced of the contents of the report and would like to request a re-investigation in the future."