In Japan, are students bullying by nicknames? Netizens have different opinions
[Global Times Comprehensive Report] According to data released by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, there were 612,000 campus bullying incidents in 2019, a record high and aroused widespread public concern.
In order to reduce campus bullying, the school has adopted various measures, but the effect is not good.
Among them, a certain elementary school in Ibaraki Prefecture issued a "restriction on the use of nicknames" regulations that triggered heated discussions on the Internet, stating that it is not allowed to call others by nicknames, and that people must be called honorifics.
Many netizens have mixed opinions on this rule.
According to a report on the Japanese website Limo on the 4th, most of the people who agree with this regulation are based on their own experience. They think that being overly nicknamed is a form of bullying, and banning nicknames is a solution.
Some netizens believe that the prescribed use of honorifics can calm people down and effectively reduce the probability of quarrels with others.
Opponents questioned that the provision is pointless and meaningless.
Others said that they were looking forward to calling each other a nickname, and they felt disappointed when they heard the regulations.
The artist Nakagawa Shoko has been given an excessive nickname and refused to go to school. She believes that the fault lies not in the nickname, but in the person who uses the nickname to harm others. The teacher should deal with the bullying problem according to the specific situation and give it the nickname. It does not mean bullying.
(Li Yuzhen)