That's 25 percent more than in the year before, and it's an increase for the ninth year in a row.
それは25%多いです、前年(度)においてよりも、そしてそれは増加です、9年連続の。
The figures break down to more than 81,000 kids in elementary school and over 160,000 in junior high.
その数の内訳は、8万1000人を超える小学生と、16万人を超える中学生です。
The proportion of junior high students who stayed away from school was one in 20.
学校から離れていた(不登校だった)中学生の割合は、20人に1人でした。
Officials say restrictions at schools during the pandemic appear to have impacted children's lives and friendships and made them less keen to attend classes.