Bullied Japanese Teenager Asked To Quit His High School

The student said, "I want the students who bullied me and the school to reveal the truth and apologize." According to the student and his mother, the boy started getting violent treatment from three classmates sometime around November last year. In May this year, a different classmate forced him to burn his left arm with a cigarette. The classmate then held down his arm and burned him in 22 more places.

The parents of a 16-year-old boy in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, have filed charges against classmates who bullied him at school. The case follows the high profile suicide of a bullied junior high school student from Otsu in Shiga Prefecture which hit headlines nationwide. Fuji TV reported Tuesday that since last November, the boy was punched and had his arm burned with cigarettes over 20 times. In July, the bullying had become so severe that the boy could no longer attend school. The boy’s parents told reporters that the school felt the boy’s burns were disturbing other students and subsequently asked him to leave the school, Fuji reported. The school has so far refused to comment to media.