Foreign kids in Japan out of school rises above 1,000 in 2024 survey


The latest figure stood at 1,097, up from 970 in the previous 2023 survey and 630 in 2019, when the ministry first conducted the nationwide study.

Including the 1,097 who were confirmed not to have been enrolled, the ministry puts the total number of those potentially out of school at 8,432.

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