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6,000 students held in 2000 school year over violence.

Publication: Japan Weekly Monitor
Publication Date: 31-DEC-01
Format: Online - approximately 453 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
TOKYO, Dec. 25 Kyodo

More than 6,000 students at public junior high and high schools across Japan were arrested or taken into police custody for committing violent acts in the 2000 school year ending March this year, up 20% from the figure in the previous school year, the education ministry said Tuesday.

A total of 6,252 students allegedly committed acts of violence in and outside of the...

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