Police in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, have arrested a 59-year-old elementary school teacher on suspicion of indecent assault after he allegedly groped a female student’s breast.
Police said they suspect Fuminori Mitsuke, a science teacher, may have done the same thing with many other girls at the school, Fukui TV reported.
According to the warrant, Mitsuke is accused of touching a girl’s breast in the school’s science room during break time on an unspecified day between early April and May 12.
Police launched an investigation after the child’s parents filed a complaint. After consulting with police, the school asked children in a confidential questionnaire if they had been molested by Mitsuke and 10 said yes, Fukui TV reported.
Police said Mitsuke, who was arrested on Monday, has denied the allegation.
The Sakai City Board of Education director, Koji Hayashi, released a statement apologizing “for causing considerable anxiety and worry to both children and parents.”
© Japan Today
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Jonathan Prin
How was that possible ?
He did not start his bad deeds at 59 for sure. Ask all previous classes right away.
Problem is if they fire all pervert teachers and policemen with such behaviours, how can they keep enough of those occupations ?
Brian Wheway
I dont think he can use the old top trump card here " i was drunk, blah blah " he was in school when the aledged offence took place.
I wonder what his excuse is?
sakurasuki
Did he do that in the name of science?
Sanjinosebleed
Elementary school?? Lock this freak up straight away!
BigP
Where do they find them?
sir_bentley28
If Japan had that sex offenders list, he wouldn't have been in the schools in the first place! Let alone be alone with kids in a room! This is a clear example as to why I want Japan to have a list!
nandakandamanda
I confronted an uncle once over something my young daughter had said to me. Just a light touch like that.
He said quietly, "It's something you just can't help."
He had always been a scary, somewhat distant figure for me, but from that day onwards our relationship changed.
Mr Kipling
Sir Bentley......
Sex offender lists are not voluntary. You have to be caught and convicted to go on one, so he would not have been on any lists unless he has a history. Sadly in Japan, this is quite possible. A "touchy, feelly" teacher could have been "moved on" to prevent an awkward situation at a previous school.
Rodney
many schools have a rule that if a teacher is alone with a teacher the door must be open
Ricky Kaminski13
10 said yes... how could no one have known until now? Really?
garypen
I imagine it's that he's a despicable, deranged, pedophile.
Mocheake
If he did that on this and other occasions, he should definitely get some jail time, no suspended sentence. No more working with minors, that means girls AND boys.
shogun36
and yet, STILL not fired...........
Or at least there was no mention of it.
Ricky Kaminski13
There would’ve been a ton of warning signs that something was horribly off, but in true Japanese workplace fashion all those in the vicinity of this predator took the instinctive decision NOT to act, or NOT to notice. Mitsuke was hyper aware of this and continued doing his deeds.
It was the parents that picked up the ball and run with it. Sounds unbelievable doesn’t it? Believe it!
lostrune2
Can't they be more specific?
Didn't they used to do that health checkups when they took measurements
Jeremiah
This groomer-abuser was finally caught. Thank the Lord. But there are agendas to groom children openly in the elementary school classrooms of the USA. Is that sexual political movement coming to Japan in the near future?
Geoff Gillespie
Purely practical question here ,so please don't collectively bite my head off for asking it, but my understanding is that elementary school in Japan is from ages 6 to 10. Do girls of that age even have 'breasts' to speak of? Whatever, creeps like this should never be allowed anywhere near a school...
Hercolobus
Sad.
Daninthepan
@ geoff gillespie, elementary school is from 6 to 12
Michael Machida
I don't want to compare countries, so I won't. Why does this kind of thing make guys in Japan excited?
lostrune2
"Pettanko"
"Youthfulness is next to godliness"
starpunk
Time to revoke his teaching license and send him to jail. He seems like an R Kelly who has gotten away with this crime for face too long.
Jonathan Prin
@geoff
For your information, Japanese girls get breasts young compare to Whites, as I personally noticed (and that my Japanese wife confirmed).
Who does not get excited by breasts as a man?
That is not the problem. It is not about breasts, it is about fundamental body respect and even more when it is concerning children !