Act for the Promotion of Measures to Prevent Bullying (September 28, 2013)

Table of Contents
Chapter I General Provisions (Article 1 to Article 10)
Chapter II Basic Policies for Preventing Bullying (Article 11 to Article 14)
Chapter III Basic Initiatives (Article 15 to Article 21)
Chapter IV Actions for the Prevention, etc. of Bullying (Article 22 to Article 27)
Chapter V Responses to Serious Situations (Article 28 to Article 33)
Chapter VI Miscellaneous Provisions (Article 34 and Article 35)
Supplementary Provisions

Chapter I General Provisions
(Purpose)
Article 1 In light of the fact that bullying may cause serious risks to the life and person of victimized children, etc., not limited to significantly infringing their right to receive education and exerting a serious influence on their sound mental and physical growth and development of personality, this Act establishes the basic principles concerning measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying (meaning prevention of bullying, early detection of bullying and responses to bullying; the same applies hereinafter), clarifies the responsibilities of the national and local governments, and provides for the formulation of basic policies on measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying and the matters to be the basis for measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying for the purpose of maintaining the personal dignity of children, etc., thereby aiming to promote measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying comprehensively and effectively.
(Definition)
Article 2 (1) The term "bullying" as used in this Act means acts exerting a psychological or physical influence on a child, etc. that are committed by another child, etc. who attends the same school or otherwise has a certain personal relationship with the victimized child, etc. (including acts committed via the internet) and due to which the victimized child, etc. suffers mental or physical pain.
(2) The term "school" as used in this Act means an elementary school, lower secondary school, compulsory education school, upper secondary school, secondary education school and school for special needs education (excluding kindergarten courses) prescribed in Article 1 of the School Education Act (Act No. 26 of 1947).
(3) The term "child/children, etc." as used in this Act means a child/children or student/students enrolled in a school.
(4) The term "guardian" as used in this Act means a person who exercises parental authority (when there is no one who exercises parental authority, a guardian of a minor).
(Basic Principles)
Article 3 (1) In light of the fact that bullying is an issue relating to all children, etc., measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying should aim to eliminate bullying irrespective of whether it happens in or outside school so that all children, etc. can engage in learning and other activities without worries.
(2) Measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying should aim to deepen understanding of children, etc. concerning bullying-related problems, including mental and physical influence of bullying on children, etc., in order to ensure that no children, etc. will commit bullying or overlook bullying targeting other children, etc. in spite of being aware of it.
(3) Based on the recognition that it is especially important to protect lives, minds and bodies of victimized children, etc., measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying should aim to overcome all problems concerning bullying in collaboration among the national and local governments, schools, local residents, families and other related parties.
(Prohibition of Bullying)
Article 4 Children, etc. must not commit bullying.
(Responsibility of the National Government)
Article 5 In line with the basic principles prescribed in Article 3 (hereinafter referred to as the "basic principles"), the national government assumes the responsibility to comprehensively establish and implement measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying.
(Responsibility of Local Governments)
Article 6 In line with the basic principles, local governments assume the responsibility to cooperate with the national government in taking measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying and also formulate and implement initiatives in accordance with the circumstances of respective communities.
(Responsibility of School Establishers)
Article 7 In line with the basic principles, a school establisher assumes the responsibility to take actions necessary for the prevention, etc. of bullying at the school established thereby.
(Responsibility of Schools and Teachers and Other Staff of Schools)
Article 8 In line with the basic principles, a school and its teachers and other staff assume the responsibility to make all-out efforts to prevent and detect bullying at an early stage, while seeking collaboration with guardians of the enrolled children, etc., local residents, a child guidance center and other related parties, and to make responses appropriately and promptly when any of the enrolled children, etc. is suspected to be bullied.
(Responsibility, etc. of Guardians)
Article 9 (1) A guardian assumes the primary responsibility for education of his/her child and should endeavor to provide guidance for developing normative consciousness and other necessary guidance so that the child, etc. under his/her protection would not commit bullying.
(2) A guardian, who has found that the child, etc. under his/her protection was bullied, should protect the child, etc. from the bullying in an appropriate manner.
(3) A guardian should endeavor to offer cooperation for actions for the prevention, etc. of bullying taken by the national and local governments, the school establisher, and the school established thereby.
(4) The provisions of paragraph (1) must not be interpreted as changing the principle that the autonomy of home education should be respected, and the provisions of paragraph (3) must not be interpreted as mitigating the responsibility assumed by school establishers and schools established thereby with regard to the prevention, etc. of bullying.
(Financial Actions)
Article 10 The national and local governments should endeavor to take financial actions and other necessary actions in order to promote measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying.
Chapter II Basic Policies for Preventing Bullying
(Basic Policies for Preventing Bullying)
Article 11 (1) The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology should formulate basic policies for promoting measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying comprehensively and effectively (hereinafter referred to as the "National Basic Policies for Preventing Bullying"), in collaboration and cooperation with the heads of relevant administrative agencies.
(2) The National Basic Policies for Preventing Bullying should provide for the following:
(i) matters concerning basic directions for measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying;
(ii) matters concerning the details of measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying;
(iii) other important matters concerning measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying.
(Local Basic Policies for Preventing Bullying)
Article 12 Local governments should endeavor to formulate basic policies for promoting measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying in their jurisdictions comprehensively and effectively in accordance with regional circumstances (hereinafter referred to as the "Local Basic Policies for Preventing Bullying"), while taking into account the National Basic Policies for Preventing Bullying.
(School Basic Policies for Preventing Bullying)
Article 13 A school should formulate basic policies on measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying at the school in accordance with its circumstances, while taking into account the National Basic Policies for Preventing Bullying or the Local Basic Policies for Preventing Bullying.
(Liaison Council on Measures against Bullying)
Article 14 (1) In order to facilitate collaboration among organizations and bodies related to the prevention, etc. of bullying, a local government may establish a liaison council on measures against bullying that consists of schools, the relevant boards of education and child guidance centers, the Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau, prefectural police and other related parties, as prescribed by Prefectural Ordinance.
(2) When having established a liaison council on measures against bullying referred to in the preceding paragraph, a prefecture should take necessary actions to facilitate collaboration between the liaison council and the board of education of the relevant municipality so that collaboration among related organizations and bodies at the liaison council is fully utilized for the prevention, etc. of bullying at municipal schools in that municipality.
(3) Based on the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, a prefecture may establish a necessary organization as an affiliate organization under the relevant board of education when it is found necessary for carrying out regional measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying effectively based on the Local Basic Policies for Preventing Bullying through smooth collaboration between the board of education and the liaison council.
Chapter III Basic Initiatives
(Prevention of Bullying at Schools)
Article 15 (1) A school establisher and the school established thereby must endeavor to enhance moral education through all educational activities and experiential activities based on the idea that cultivating children's rich sensibility and sense of morality, and developing the grounds for the ability to build warm-hearted relationships with others, contribute to preventing bullying.
(2) A school establisher and the school established thereby should offer support to activities contributing to the prevention of bullying that are carried out by children, etc. enrolled in the school on a voluntary basis, carry out awareness-raising activities and take other necessary actions to deepen understanding of the significance of preventing bullying, targeting children, etc. enrolled in the school, their guardians, and teachers and other staff of the school, in collaboration with those guardians, local residents, and other related parties, thereby endeavoring to prevent bullying at the school.
(Actions for Early Detection of Bullying)
Article 16 (1) A school establisher and the school established thereby should conduct regular surveys concerning children, etc. enrolled in the school or otherwise take necessary actions in order to detect bullying at the school at an early stage.
(2) The national and local governments should implement initiatives necessary for developing a system to receive reports and consultations concerning bullying.
(3) A school establisher and the school established thereby should develop a system under which children, etc. enrolled in the school, their guardians and teachers and other staff of the school can have consultations in relation to bullying (referred to as a "consulting system" in the following paragraph).
(4) A school establisher and the school established thereby should give due consideration when developing a consulting system so that the right to receive education and other rights and interests of victimized children, etc. are protected, in collaboration with related families and the relevant local community, etc.
(Collaboration, etc. with Relevant Organizations)
Article 17 The national and local governments should endeavor to strengthen collaboration among relevant ministries and agencies, and among other relevant organizations, schools, families, local communities and private bodies, offer support to private bodies, or otherwise develop necessary systems so that provision of support for victimized children, etc. or their guardians, and guidance for children, etc. who bully or advice to their guardians, or other measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying are taken appropriately in collaboration among related parties.
(Securing of Personnel Engaging in Measures for the Prevention, etc. of Bullying and Enhancement of Their Quality)
Article 18 (1) The national and local governments should strengthen the cultivation and training of teachers to enhance their quality, appropriately deploy teachers, nursing teachers and other teaching staff to improve student guidance systems, secure personnel with professional knowledge on psychology and welfare, etc. who provide educational consultations including those for preventing bullying, secure personnel to be dispatched to schools upon their request to provide advice on how to respond to bullying, or take other necessary actions so that provision of support for victimized children, etc. or their guardians, and guidance for children, etc. who bully or advice to their guardians, or other measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying are taken appropriately based on specialized knowledge.
(2) A school establisher and the school established thereby must provide its teachers and other staff with training on measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying or take other actions necessary for enhancing their quality with regard to measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying in a planned manner.
(Promotion of Measures against Bullying via the Internet)
Article 19 (1) In light of the characteristics of information transmitted via the internet, such as its high liquidity and anonymity of senders, a school establisher and the school established thereby should carry out necessary awareness-raising activities targeting children, etc. enrolled in the school and their guardians so that they can prevent bullying via the internet and make effective responses.
(2) The national and local governments should offer support to relevant organizations or bodies that monitor whether there are any children, etc. involved in bullying via the internet, and also endeavor to develop systems to respond to cases concerning bullying via the internet.
(3) In a case where bullying was committed via the internet and when the victimized children, etc. or their guardians intend to demand the deletion of information related to the bullying or request the disclosure of the identification information of the sender (meaning the identification information of the sender prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Limitation of Liability for Damages of Specified Telecommunications Service Providers and the Right to Demand Disclosure of Identification Information of the Senders (Act No. 137 of 2001)), they can ask for cooperation from a Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau as necessary.
(Promotion of Surveys and Studies on Measures for the Prevention, etc. of Bullying)
Article 20 The national and local governments should conduct surveys and studies as well as verification with regard to means to prevent and detect bullying at an early stage, desirable ways of providing support for victimized children, etc. or their guardians, and guidance for children, etc. who bully or advice to their guardians, appropriate responses to bullying via the internet, and other matters necessary for preventing bullying, etc., and the implementation status of measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying, and should disseminate the outcome thereof.
(Awareness-raising Activities)
Article 21 The national and local governments should publicize necessary information concerning the mental and physical influence of bullying on victimized children, etc., the significance of preventing bullying, and consulting systems or remedial systems concerning bullying, or otherwise carry out awareness-raising activities.
Chapter IV Actions for the Prevention, etc. of Bullying
(Organization for Measures for the Prevention, etc. of Bullying at Schools)
Article 22 A school should put in place an organization for measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying that consists of multiple teachers and other staff of the school, personnel with specialized knowledge on psychology and welfare, etc. and other related parties in order to take actions for the prevention, etc. of bullying effectively at the school.
(Actions against Bullying)
Article 23 (1) In a case where any of the school teachers and other staff, local government officials, or other persons who provide consultations to children, etc., and guardians of children, etc. have received a consultation concerning bullying from a child, etc. and when bullying is suspected, they should report the case to the school where the child, etc. suspected to have been bullied is enrolled or take other appropriate actions.
(2) When a school has received a report under the provisions of the preceding paragraph or otherwise suspects that a child, etc. enrolled in the school is subject to bullying, the school should promptly take actions to confirm the existence or non-existence of the bullying with regard to the relevant child, etc. and report the results thereof to the school establisher.
(3) When the existence of bullying has been confirmed under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a school is to have multiple teachers or other staff of the school continuously provide support for a victimized child, etc. or his/her guardians, and guidance for a child, etc. who bullies or advice to his/her guardians, while obtaining cooperation from personnel with specialized knowledge on psychology and welfare, etc., in order to stop the bullying and prevent the recurrence of bullying.
(4) In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph and when a school finds it necessary, the school should take necessary actions so that a victimized child, etc. and other children, etc. can receive education with peace of mind, such as having a bullying child, etc. study at a place other than a classroom that the victimized child, etc. uses.
(5) When a school has its teachers or other staff provide support, guidance or advice under the provisions of paragraph (3), the school should take actions for sharing information on the bullying with guardians of both a victimized child, etc. and a bullying child, etc. or take other necessary actions so that no disputes will occur between these guardians.
(6) When a school finds that a bullying case should be processed as a criminal act, the school should make responses in collaboration with the competent police station, and when there is a risk that the life, person or property of any child, etc. enrolled in the school may be seriously damaged, the school must make a report to the competent police station immediately to seek assistance appropriately.
(Actions to be Taken by School Establishers)
Article 24 When having received a report under the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, a school establisher should offer required support to the school established thereby, direct the school to take necessary actions, or conduct necessary investigations into the reported case on its own, as needed.
(Disciplinary Actions by the School Principal and Teachers)
Article 25 When a child, etc. enrolled in a school is committing bullying, and the principal and teachers of the school find it educationally necessary, they should take disciplinary action against the relevant child, etc. appropriately based on the provisions of Article 11 of the School Education Act.
(Appropriate Operation of the Out-of-School Suspension System)
Article 26 A municipal board of education should issue an order of suspension from school of a bullying child, etc. to his/her guardians under the provisions of Article 35, paragraph (1) of the School Education Act (including cases applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 49 of the same Act) or otherwise take necessary actions promptly so as to ensure that a victimized child, etc. and other children, etc. can receive education with peace of mind.
(Development of Systems for Collaboration and Cooperation among Schools)
Article 27 A local government should develop systems for collaboration and cooperation among schools so that a school can provide support for a victimized child, etc. or his/her guardians, and guidance for a child, etc. who bullies or advice to his/her guardians appropriately even in a case where the victimized child, etc. and the bullying child, etc. are not enrolled in the same school.
Chapter V Responses to Serious Situations
(Responses by School Establishers or Schools Established Thereby)
Article 28 (1) In the following cases, a school establisher or the school established thereby should develop an organization under the school establisher or the school established thereby promptly and conduct investigations by using questionnaires or by other appropriate methods to clarify facts concerning the relevant situations (hereinafter referred to as "serious situations") with the aim of making responses thereto and helping with the prevention of any situations similar to the relevant serious situations:
(i) when it is found that there is a suspicion that bullying has caused serious damage to the life, mind and body or property of a child, etc. enrolled in the school;
(ii) when it is found that there is a suspicion that a child, etc. enrolled in the school has been forced to be absent from school for a considerable period of time due to bullying.
(2) When having conducted investigations under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a school establisher or the school established thereby should provide the facts found through the investigations with regard to the serious situations and other necessary information to the relevant victimized child, etc. and his/her guardians appropriately.
(3) When a school conducts investigations under the provisions of paragraph (1), the school establisher should provide necessary guidance and support with regard to the investigations under the provisions of the same paragraph and the provision of information under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
(Responses Pertaining to Schools Affiliated with National Universities)
Article 29 (1) A school affiliated with a national university established by a national university corporation (meaning a national university corporation prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the National University Corporation Act (Act No. 112 of 2003); hereinafter the same applies in this Article) must report the occurrence of serious situations, in cases listed in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, to the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology via the president of the relevant national university corporation.
(2) When having received a report under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology may conduct investigations on the results of the investigations under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article when the Minister finds it necessary for making responses to the serious situations pertaining to the report or preventing the occurrence of any situations similar to the relevant serious situations.
(3) Based on the results of the investigations under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology should properly exercise his/her authority as prescribed in Article 64, paragraph (1) of the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies (Act No 103 of 1999) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 35 of the National University Corporation Act or otherwise take necessary actions so that the national university corporation or its affiliated school pertaining to the investigations can respond to the relevant serious situations or take necessary actions for preventing the occurrence of any situations similar to the relevant serious situations.
(Responses Pertaining to Public Schools)
Article 30 (1) A school established by a local government must report the occurrence of serious situations, in cases listed in the items of Article 28, paragraph (1), to the head of the local government via the board of education of that local government.
(2) When having received a report under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the head of a local government may conduct investigations on the results of the investigations under the provisions of Article 28, paragraph (1) by such methods as establishing an affiliated organ for investigations, when the head finds it necessary for responding to the serious situations pertaining to the report or preventing the occurrence of any situations similar to the relevant serious situations.
(3) When having conducted investigations under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the head of a local government must report the results thereof to the assembly.
(4) The provisions of paragraph (2) must not be construed as granting the head of a local government the authority to manage or execute the affairs prescribed in Article 21 of the Act on the Organization and Operation of Local Educational Administration (Act No. 162 of 1956).
(5) Based on the results of the investigations under the provisions of paragraph (2), the head of a local government and the relevant board of education should take necessary actions, under their own authority and responsibility, for responding to the relevant serious situations pertaining to the report or preventing the occurrence of any situations similar to the relevant serious situations.
Article 30-2 The provisions of Article 29 apply mutatis mutandis to a school affiliated with a public university established by a public university corporation (meaning a public university corporation prescribed in Article 68, paragraph (1) of the Local Incorporated Administrative Agency Act (Act No.118 of 2003)). In this case, the term "the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" in Article 29, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the head of the local government that established the relevant public university corporation (hereinafter simply referred to as the 'head of the local government' in this Article"; the term "the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" in paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "the head of the local government"; and the term "Article 64, paragraph (1) of the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies (Act No 103 of 1999) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 35 of the National University Corporation Act" in paragraph (3) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 121, paragraph (1) of the Local Incorporated Administrative Agency Act".
(Responses Pertaining to Private Schools)
Article 31 (1) A school established by an incorporated educational institution (meaning an incorporated educational institution prescribed in Article 3 of the Private Schools Act (Act No. 270 of 1949); hereinafter the same applies in this Article) must report the occurrence of serious situations, in cases listed in the items of Article 28, paragraph (1), to the governor of the prefecture having jurisdiction over the school (hereinafter simply referred to as the "prefectural governor" in this Article).
(2) When having received a report under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the prefectural governor may conduct investigations on the results of the investigations under the provisions of Article 28, paragraph (1) by such methods as establishing an affiliated organ for investigations, when the prefectural governor finds it necessary for responding to the serious situations pertaining to the report or preventing the occurrence of any situations similar to the relevant serious situations.
(3) Based on the results of the investigations under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the prefectural governor should properly exercise his/her authority as prescribed in Article 6 of the Private Schools Act or otherwise take necessary actions so that the incorporated educational institution or the school established thereby pertaining to the investigations can respond to the relevant serious situations or take necessary actions for preventing the occurrence of any situations similar to the relevant serious situations.
(4) The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs must not be construed as newly granting the prefectural governor the authority exercisable against a school established by an incorporated educational institution.
Article 32 (1) A school established by a company establishing a school (meaning a company establishing a school prescribed in Article 12, paragraph (2) of the Act on Special Districts for Structural Reform (Act No. 189 of 2002); hereinafter the same applies in this Article) must report the occurrence of serious situations, in cases listed in the items of Article 28, paragraph (1), to the head of the local government from which it had obtained the approval under the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (1) of the same Act (hereinafter referred to as the "head of the local government having granted approval") via the representative director or representative executive officer of the company establishing a school.
(2) When having received a report under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the head of the local government having granted approval may conduct investigations on the results of the investigations under the provisions of Article 28, paragraph (1) by such methods as establishing an affiliated organ for investigations, when the head finds it necessary for responding to the serious situations pertaining to the report or preventing the occurrence of any situations similar to the relevant serious situations.
(3) Based on the results of the investigations under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the head of the local government having granted approval should properly exercise his/her authority as prescribed in Article 12, paragraph (10) of the Act on Special Districts for Structural Reform or otherwise take necessary actions so that the company establishing a school or the school established thereby pertaining to the investigations can respond to the relevant serious situations or take necessary actions for preventing the occurrence of any situations similar to the relevant serious situations.
(4) The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs must not be construed as newly granting the head of the local government having granted approval the authority exercisable against a school established by a company establishing a school.
(5) The provisions of paragraph (1) through to the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to a school established by a non-profitable corporation establishing a school (meaning a non-profitable corporation establishing a school prescribed in Article 13, paragraph (2) of the Act on Special Districts for Structural Reform). In this case, the term "the representative director or representative executive officer of the company establishing a school" in paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the director holding the authority of representation of the non-profitable corporation establishing a school"; the term "Article 12, paragraph (1)" in paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 13, paragraph (1)"; the term "preceding paragraph" in paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "preceding paragraph as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5)"; the term "company establishing a school" in paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "non-profitable corporation establishing a school"; the term "Article 12, paragraph (10) of the Act on Special Districts for Structural Reform" in paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 12, paragraph (10) of the Act on Special Districts for Structural Reform as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 13, paragraph (3) of the same Act"; and the term "preceding two paragraphs" in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "preceding two paragraphs as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the following paragraph".
(Guidance, Advice and Assistance by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology or Prefectural Boards of Education)
Article 33 In addition to what are prescribed in Article 245-4, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947), the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology may provide guidance, advice and assistance to prefectures or municipalities, and prefectural boards of education may provide guidance, advice and assistance to municipalities in order to ensure proper processing of affairs of prefectures or municipalities concerning responses to serious situations.
Chapter VI Miscellaneous Provisions
(Matters to Note in Evaluation of Schools)
Article 34 When evaluating a school while taking into account its measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying, it should be noted to ensure that efforts made to detect bullying at an early stage and prevent the recurrence of bullying should be properly evaluated so that the fact of bullying is not concealed, and ascertaining of the status of bullying and actions against bullying should be conducted appropriately.
(Actions at Colleges of Technology)
Article 35 An establisher of a college of technology (meaning the college of technology prescribed in Article 1 of the School Education Act; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) and the college of technology established thereby should take necessary actions regarding measures for preventing any act equivalent to bullying against students enrolled in the college of technology and for detecting such act at an early stage and responding to such act, in accordance with the circumstances of the college of technology.
Supplementary Provisions
(Effective Date)
Article 1 This Act comes into effect as of the day on which three months have elapsed from the date of promulgation.
(Review)
Article 2 (1) Regarding measures for the prevention, etc. of bullying, a review should be made in consideration of the status of the enforcement of this Act in around three years after the enforcement of this Act, and necessary actions should be taken based on the results thereof if it is found necessary.
(2) The national government should review means for offering learning support to a child, etc. who has been forced to be absent from school for a considerable period of time due to anxiety or stress in group life at school caused by bullying so that the relevant child, etc. can engage in learning while receiving appropriate support.
Supplementary Provisions (Act No. 76 of June 20, 2014) [Extract]
(Effective Date)
Article 1 This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2015.
Supplementary Provisions (Act No. 46 of June 24, 2015) [Extract]
(Effective Date)
Article 1 This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2016.
Supplementary Provisions (Act No. 47 of May 20, 2016) [Extract]
(Effective Date)
Article 1 This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2017.

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