Overview

• A third‑party committee established by the National Institute of Technology released its findings on Oct. 5, concluding the school's organizational response was deficient.
• Investigators determined a male teacher's aggressive, pressuring guidance created undue burden and guilt for student‑council president Hinata Nomura, influencing his mental distress.
• The report details that after the council agreed in June 2020 to cancel the cultural festival, the teacher criticized the decision and pressured a reconsideration, then escalated scrutiny through an accounting audit.
• Audit communications on Oct. 4, 2020 warned that inadequate answers would be treated as concealment and suggested possible disciplinary action, following a harassment complaint Nomura had submitted to the principal.
• Publication was delayed five years because initial committee members had ties to Tokyo Kosen, and authorities have not yet outlined specific remedial steps.