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“Video of Japanese school children getting emotional while watching the videos of their parents’ hard work at their workplace”
Social media posts Claim dated 15 Dec 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

The video shared in the post is an edited one. Unrelated visuals from different videos are edited and shared as the visuals of students reacting emotionally while watching their parents’ labour at their workplace. No Japanese news site had reported such a programme being implemented in Japanese schools. Also, the same video was shared by many users as a video from China.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 15 December 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 16 December 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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