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The number of non-attending (absentee) school students has increased rapidly at lower secondary schools in Japan, and the number and rates have continued to rise steadily during the 1990s. Recently, increasing rates of non-attendance (absenteeism) at elementary school levels have also come to public attention. The total number of non-attending school students at elementary and lower secondary schools was over 138,000 as of 2001.( Non-attendance /II-48) |