Come under this heading, and are spending an average of 4 hours each day on care. 60% d
of second-year public junior high and 4.1% of second-year public senior high school students
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|was to create opportunities for the yOung to talk to a school
social worker about the domestic issues that were keeping them from attending class without
young people who are obliged to help with the care of a family member. It reports that 5.7%
has revealed one very different reason for absence, and that is the increase in the number d
In its latest study, the Japanese government is making an effort to identify the rees
for long-term absence from school. Long-term absence at elementary, junior and senior high
levels has various causes, not least of which is the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The study
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the former, and more than half of the
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are looking after a younger brother or siste-
though the exact figure is not known.
The Asahi Shimbun's article of April 14", 2021 also described the case of one shudee
who was looking after a grandparent with dementia because both her parents were working
and her absence from school was because she could not get up in the morning.
Instead of being treated as a separate reason in itself, like a student's refusal to attend
school, or sickness, or economic considerations, family care is put into the category of 'other
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to highlight the problem. Despite the recent introduction of
reasons'. This does not
school social workers, and the understanding that domestic issues are often at the root of
school absence, much more needs to be done to provide support to enable these young carers
Japanese society still expects the
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to have enough time to spend on their studies.
family to care for its members.
The mental health of these young carers is an important issue, though this problem
cannot be solved unless the whole domestic environment in which they are placed Is
improved. This has led to the criticism that. although the government study may hdVC
nelped to identify some of these young carers, there is not enough actual support bes
offered.
AS early as 2015, Minami Uonuma City conducted a survey which tried to ldeirers)
specific cases in which young children were acting as carers. and then started to p
them with real support.
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the fear that this might reflect badly on their family.
