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Information: This category is for sites on bullying of young people in Japan, also known as "ijime".
Websites submitted here must be Japan related and in English. Sites in Japanese should be submitted to the appropriate This page was last updated on December 23rd, 2008
Bullying Sites:
Educational System
Essay by an expatriot in Japan on the origins of bullying (ijime) and their social context. http://members.tripod.com/tarachan21/educational%20system.htm
Liberation: Persecuted Even on the Playground
Article on bullying in Japanese schools, leading to even suicide of some victims, and a case of a mother attempting to shake up the system. http://perso.fraise.net/liberation-japan-ijime.html
Bullying in Japanese Schools
Article by a Japanese high school teacher on bullying and its influences from Japanese culture. http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~gensei/sch1.htm
Where Does It Stop?
Explores a case of school bullying, and what was done about it. http://www.mmjp.or.jp/amlang.atc/tutor/tracey/wheredoesitstop.htm
Ijime: A Social Illness of Japan
Short essay by a Japanese exchange student on bullying in Japanese schools. http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/advwrf99/causeeffect/akikocause.html
About Japanese Education
Short essay from a private tutor in Japan on the issue of bullying in Japan and its various manifestations. http://ww4.et.tiki.ne.jp/~atom/ken1.htm
Stress, Disempowerment, Bullying, and School Non-attendance: a Hypothesis
Essay presenting a hypothesis on the relationship of the social structure of school, stress, and impairment of heath by using control (or lack of it) as the key element. [Free registration required.] http://www.jalt-publications.org/tlt/articles/2001/10/yoneyama/