BULLYING in JAPAN – KIDS Experience

In schools in Japan there is a lot of hidden psychological harassment (also known as bullying), very big or even very small things, which is known as “microbullying”.

The most common psychological bullying in schools is that, as they are friends, they try to take something away and hide it or, secretly, without the teacher seeing it, they start saying bad things or giving each other papers with things written like “die” or something similar.

However, sometimes, even if they are friends, they go beyond the simple game, since they believe that, because they are friends, one or the other will not get angry, and so there are many cases, in which they believe that it is only a game but strictly talking is considered psychological harassment.

The “bullying” starts more or less from kindergarten (kindergarten) in some cases. However, the largest starts from primary school. Bullies usually tend to bother people who are small in size, people who don’t talk much, or who are lonely or nobody wants to help.

When others see that someone is being harassed, it is very common for no one to defend them, it may be because by intervening they will also receive harassment. Another reason why they do not intervene is because they become part of the bullying and the teacher sees them and reprimands them.

This harassment is something that is done “in secret”, when no one sees and if they do see it, they say they are friends or act as if, to give appearances. But as soon as they don’t see, they go back to harass the person.

People who are “bullied” usually don’t talk to anyone, they don’t tell what happens to them, not even their parents. In schools, they try to instruct students that if someone is harassing them, they should talk to their parents or someone else, otherwise the problem will continue and worsen over time.

The person being harassed needs to know that they can end it themselves, confront the person or people who are bothering them, and tell them that they don’t want to be bothered. Many times they do not have the support of people around them, so they are weak and cannot face this problem.

In Japan, there are helplines of this type, where you call anonymously and tell your problem and there they give you the support and strength to face the harassers, but perhaps out of pity, people do not use these contact numbers.

This starts with a very small thing like hiding the case, the pencil and little by little it becomes more complex to the point of making the person stop attending school and sometimes reaching the brink of suicide.