Most of Japan's elementary and junior-high school students returned to class on Tuesday following the New Year break, however one elementary school in western Japan reopened its doors to just a single pupil.
Abu Elementary School in Minami Town, Tokushima Prefecture, was established in 1879, but the number of students has gradually fallen and it currently has only one student. The situation means it has been slated for closure at the end of the current school year in March.
Sixth grader Hiroki Maeyama and 4 school staff and teachers attended an opening ceremony for the new term. The principal said that it will be the last at the school and called on the lone pupil to do his best.
Maeyama said he is sad that his school will close and that he hopes to do something for Abu Elementary School before he graduates.
The school will hold graduation and closing ceremonies on March 16th, closing the final chapter in its 132 years of history.
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