Japan's Bullying Epidemic: A Crisis of Institutional Failure The recent spate of bullying related headlines in Japan has highlighted a national crisis that threatens to destroy countless young lives.
Behind every tragic story lies a systemic failure that is as much about institutional cowardice as it is about the cruelty of individual bullies.
Kazui Sato's case is particularly disturbing, given the extreme nature of his torment and the prolonged denial by his school of any wrongdoing. But he is far from alone in suffering at the hands of his peers.