12/5/2022
The Shizuoka prefectural police said they arrested three women on Sunday on suspicion of assaulting at least three toddlers in June at a nursery school in the city of Susono at the foot of Mount Fuji.
Susono Mayor Harukaze Murata told reporters Monday that he also filed a criminal complaint against the school director, Toshihiko Sakurai, for allegedly covering up the abuses. He urged police to widen their investigation.
The three teachers, all in their 30s, reportedly told investigators that their treatment of the toddlers was “discipline,” while the director said he had the document signed only to protect privacy of those involved and denied trying to cover up the abuses.
The city has faced public criticism for sitting on the case for more than three months since a whistleblower first came forward to reveal “inappropriate” cases at the school in mid-August. Murata said he takes the criticism seriously and will take a pay cut for two months while also punishing three senior officials.
Separate investigations into possible abuse have been ongoing in two other nursery schools.
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