As of June 23, 2020, the number of public lower secondary schools in Japan that closed temporarily due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amounted to 1,745. Close to 100 percent of the surveyed public schools in Japan experienced a temporary closure after April 1. Following the rapid growth of the number of COVID-19 cases, the government declared a countrywide state of emergency on April 16 and requested businesses, schools, and others to shut down. The state was lifted completely on May 25.
Number of public schools that temporarily closed after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Japan as of June 2020, by type of institution
*Compulsory education schools provide nine year comprehensive education from the first grade to the ninth grade.
**Special needs education schools are schools for mentally and/or physically challenged children, inclusive of kindergarten to upper secondary school levels.
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MEXT (Japan). (July 17, 2020). Number of public schools that temporarily closed after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Japan as of June 2020, by type of institution [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1190695/japan-number-public-schools-closing-temporarily-coronavirus-by-type/
MEXT (Japan). "Number of public schools that temporarily closed after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Japan as of June 2020, by type of institution." Chart. July 17, 2020. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1190695/japan-number-public-schools-closing-temporarily-coronavirus-by-type/
MEXT (Japan). (2020). Number of public schools that temporarily closed after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Japan as of June 2020, by type of institution. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1190695/japan-number-public-schools-closing-temporarily-coronavirus-by-type/
MEXT (Japan). "Number of Public Schools That Temporarily Closed after The Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) Outbreak in Japan as of June 2020, by Type of Institution." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jul 2020, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1190695/japan-number-public-schools-closing-temporarily-coronavirus-by-type/
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Number of public schools that temporarily closed after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Japan as of June 2020, by type of institution [Graph], MEXT (Japan), July 17, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1190695/japan-number-public-schools-closing-temporarily-coronavirus-by-type/
