On the 26th, following an accident at an elementary school in Miyama City, Fukuoka Prefecture, in which a first-grade male student died after choking on his school lunch, the Fukuoka City Board of Education issued a directive to municipal elementary and junior high schools to prevent children from eating lunch during school lunches. We have issued an urgent notice to ensure thorough observation and guidance.

On the 26th, a first grade boy died after choking on his school lunch at an elementary school in Miyama City.



According to the city's Board of Education, the victim appears to have choked on the quail eggs that were in the miso oden.



In response to the accident, Fukuoka City issued an urgent notice to all municipal elementary and junior high schools, as well as special needs schools, to thoroughly monitor and instruct children to prevent choking accidents.



In addition to instructing


children to eat food in bite-sized pieces and chewing it thoroughly


, the notice also


asks that classroom teachers and others carefully monitor students' behavior.



In addition, if a suffocation accident occurs, please notify another faculty member immediately, ask them to call 911, and remind them to try to remove it by patting them on the back or otherwise until the emergency services arrive. I am.



In addition, the Fukuoka Prefectural Board of Education and Kitakyushu City will issue similar notices on the 27th.