Quake-Hit Wajima to Reduce Number of Elementary Schools from 9 to 3; Population Outflow, Declining Birth Rate Cited
- Posted on October 21, 2024
- By The Japan News
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Quake-Hit Wajima to Reduce Number of Elementary Schools from 9 to 3; Population Outflow, Declining Birth Rate Cited
The government of the city of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, is considering consolidating its nine municipal elementary schools into three because the number of students has been rapidly decreasing since January’s Noto Peninsula Earthquake, it was learned Sunday.
