Japan schools tracking students by radio

Cutting class just got harder but schools are safer thanks to computer chips that help track students, Japanese officials say, reports The Associated Press.

School officials say rising concerns about student safety prompted the idea.

On Monday, electronic giant Fujitsu teamed up with suburban Tokyo's private Rikkyo Elementary School to launch a trial in which the tracking chips were attached to 40 students' backpacks, a school official said.

In Rikkyo's system, messages can be sent to parents' cell phones so they know what time their children left the school, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper said Tuesday.

The school hopes to have all 717 of its students using the system by next April, the newspaper said.

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