The number of students who reported vomiting and diarrhoea reached 905 by late Thursday at 14 elementary schools in Hamamatsu, a seaside city around 200 kilometres (125 miles) southwest of Tokyo, the local education board said.
About 40 teachers and staff at these schools also showed symptoms of food poisoning, said the board.
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