Being a kid in Japan isn't easy. There are loads of after school activities like cram school. No wonder children want to sneak in some gaming on the sly. Some kids do one better and spend a good chunk of their day playing video games. According to Fukushima Prefecture, doing so means lower test scores.

In a standardized tests for fifth graders and sophomores in Junior High, those that spend 3 hours of their day gaming did worse. How much worse? Their scores were ten points lower than students that spent that time memorizing countless kanji characters. Those test scores might be low, but their high scores ain't.

Full Results Here [Mainichi]

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