Neighborhood Safety Alerts
In cooperation with local police and government, the school makes every effort to communicate to parents and students all vital information regarding potential safety issues and concerns in the surrounding community. Parents are asked to check this page on a regular basis and provide their children with regular safety guidance. Parents are also responsible for supervision and monitoring of their child's safety traveling between home and the school or school bus. Parents are also reminded that while Japan is considered to be safer than many countries, crime does occur and children face similar threats to their safety as they would in any country if the same basic precautions are not taken, including:
- Carrying a personal alarm in easy reach at all times in public
- Always traveling in a group to and from school
- Walking on well lit and busy routes
- Knowing how to react if threatened or approached by a stranger
- Never entering a car or any other private or secluded area with a stranger or suspicious person
- Always ensuring parents know where students are and where they are headed
Parents are able to subsribe directly to the Suginami Ward Office, Crime Prevention Office email alert service at the following link:
Subscription Page (in Japanese)
These alerts are provided in Japanese only. For the benefit of non-Japanese speaking parents and students the school provides translations of all notices received in English in the sections below and as eNotices to which parents can subscribe and receive automatic email notifications containing safety alerts.
Archive of past alerts
2008
2007
Recent Alerts
October 22, 2009
The Suginami Crime Prevention Office has issued a warning to all bicycle owners in the area, following a sharp increase in the frequency of bicycle theft. Thefts often occur when bicycles are left unattended and unlocked for just a few minutes in front of shops and homes. All owners are advised to use two secure locks and not rely on standard rear wheel locks alone, even when leaving a bicycle unattended for just a few minutes. While no problems have yet been reported on or immediately around the campus, all parents, employees and visitors using bicycles are asked to observe these precautions.
昨日(10/22)の認知(発生)件数－(11:00発信)
●「空き巣」「ひったくり」「振り込め詐欺」被害はありませんでした。
★自転車には鍵かけを！
最近、自宅前や買物先での自転車盗難が多発しています。わずか数分の間でも安心できません。自転車から離れる時は必ず施錠するよう心がけましょう。また、安全のため前後輪へ二箇所施錠にすると、より効果的です。＜杉並区危機管理対策課＞
March 24, 2009 (Released at 9:29)
A strange man in his 30's wearing a full-face helmet and down coat touched a schoolgirl's body on the way home. The incident happened around 6:30 pm on the street around Narita-Nishi 3-chome.
If this kind of accidents happens, please instruct your students to: "Alarm the buzzer, run away with loud voice, and ask for help in the neighborhood".
There will be a greater concern during spring holidays for possible incidents against children.
To protect children from possible crimes, police ask all community members to be on alert and report any suspicious individuals in parks, open spaces, or any other possible situation.
Thank you for your corporation. Please call us at 110 Emergency Call if needed.
April 2nd, 2009 (Released at 15:15)
A strange man in his 30's wearing blue clothes showed his private area to several schoolgirls. The incident happened around Hamadayama 4-chome around 1:00 pm on April 2nd.
If this kind of accidents happens, please instruct your students to: "Alarm the buzzer, run away with loud voice, and ask for help in the neighborhood".
There will be a greater concern during spring holidays for possible incidents against children.
To protect children from possible crimes, police ask all community members to be on alert and report any suspicious individuals in parks, open spaces, or any other possible situation.
Thank you for your corporation. Please call us at 110 Emergency Call if needed.
November 21st, 2008
At around 12.50pm in the Shimizu 1-chome area a stranger around 30 years old, wearning dark blue pants followed a school girl.
If encountering this situation, please repeat to instruct your students to, “Alarm the buzzer, Run away with loud voice, ask for help in the neighbor, etc”.
Also, to protect children form possible crimes, please be on alert in entire areas, and find out suspicious individuals in parks, open spaces and any possible places.
Thank you for your corporation to call us up at 110 Emergency Call if needed.
July 4, 2008
Matsunoki 3-chome, Suginami-ku
Sexual Assault
Around 4:40pm, near Matsunoki 3-chome, a teenage male around high school age riding a bicycle, wearing black half pants, a black jersey top and carrying a red bag groped a school girl who was about to unlock the front door of her house, then fled. A similar incident was reported the day before. Please take appropriate precautions if you live near Matsunoki area. All parents are asked to monitor their children after school hours.
- Suginami Crime Prevention Office
＜子ども見守り情報＞ 08/7/4認知情報（17:05発信）
本日、午後4時40分頃、松ノ木3丁目付近において、自転車に乗った男（黒いハーフパンツ・黒色のジャージ上着着用、赤色エナメルバック所持、若い高校生くらい）が、家の鍵を開けようとしていた女子児童の身体を触って逃走するという事案が発生しました。昨日も同様の事案がありましたので、松ノ木周辺居住の方は、特に注意をお願いします。合わせて、保護者の方は、できる限り登下校の時間帯に外へ出て、子どもの見守り活動をお願いします。＜杉並区危機管理対策課＞
