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Fushūgaku refers to students in Japan, primarily foreigners and non-citizens, that are not currently attending school. However, the term is generally used in reference to people that never registered for school rather than people that registered but are not attending.



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Other reasons are that the parents of fushugaku children want their children to go to a school where they would use their native language. However, such schools cost between 30,000 and 50,000 yen per month, so parents cannot afford to send their children.

It is required by law that Japanese students go to school for 9 years covering elementary through junior high school. However, this requirement does not exist for children with foreign citizenship living in Japan. For this reason it is not uncommon for these children to not go to school. In May of 2019, an MEXT survey found that 15.8% of eligible foreign students are not attending Japanese elementary and junior high schools.