Overview
- Tokyo’s education board announced on Dec. 24 that four teachers were removed through dismissal or loss of position over student-targeted voyeurism and sexual misconduct.
- A 29-year-old junior high school teacher lost his job after a conviction for secretly recording a former male student, receiving a two-year prison term suspended for four years.
- Another 29-year-old junior high teacher in the Tama area was dismissed for indecent acts with a former female student in November–December 2024, a case uncovered via the board’s third-party consultation desk.
- A 29-year-old elementary teacher who sold obscene videos and a 38-year-old senior elementary teacher who put his hand inside a girl’s underwear were both dismissed.
- The board reported 10 dismissals and five loss-of-position cases so far this fiscal year, while Kanagawa police are separately investigating four men—including a lawyer in his 40s—for an attempted upskirt filming at a Yokohama station after increased patrols tied to social media posts about a school’s uniforms.