A junior high school male teacher has been fired after he installed a spy camera inside the boys’ toilet last December. Police said the 26-year-old teacher faces charges of video voyeurism, Sankei Shimbun reported.
The teacher was employed at a junior high school in Tone Town, Ibaraki Prefecture. According to the Ibaraki Prefectural Board of Education, a student noticed a hidden camera attached to one of the urinals on Dec 4. When school staff reviewed the footage, the male teacher was seen installing the miniature device.
After admitting to the video voyeurism, the teacher, who has not been named, was accompanied by the school principal to turn himself in to the police.
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Mr Kipling
In my 30+ years of teaching in schools in Japan I have witnessed many incidents of this nature. Most of which do not get published. I'm convinced the teaching profession attracts such people in larger numbers than average. Many "resign" so as to not cause the school embarrassment. Where they end up? Probably another school somewhere.
Do the hustle
Fired? He should be jailed!
borscht
Should be arrested and, if convicted, jailed or heavily fined.
Just a side note,
Isn’t it usually “A male junior high school teacher...”
Michael Machida
"When school staff reviewed the footage, the male teacher was seen installing the miniature device."
Maybe don't video yourself if you are doing sick things?
snowymountainhell
Understood @P.Smith 7am. But, Japan does have the technology. They recently highlighted an app that can tell us in which neighborhood there are ‘noisy children’:
https://japantoday.com/category/national/website-maps-complaints-of-neighborhoods-with-noisy-children
Could this ‘wonder of ingenuity’ be applied for such a proposed “sex offenders list”?
rcch
Scum!
Mr Kipling
The janitor at my present school does a sweep of the bathrooms first thing every morning. These are the times we are living in.
Harry_Gatto
Hopefully he may eventually be jailed but I don't know what the penalties are for "video voyeurism", probably not so severe.
Brian Wheway
If this guy leaves of his own accord or not, this should be on his work record PERMINANTLY! so which ever school he goes to, each and every governor and employment commits will see this.
the_sicilian
Do the hustleToday 07:26 am JST
Thomas Tank
Pfft. Have you seen the plethora of spy cams in the women's baths? They have no chill. Young, old. It's not that fake "get an 18 year old and pretend she's a junior high girl" stuff with all the fun bits covered in mosaic. These are obviously underage.
Sven Asai
Well, in this case you can’t even say anything, because a pampered minority is involved.
starpunk
And have his license to teach revoked!
Pervert! Dirtbag!
Fighto!
10 years in prison and foreiture of his pension in entirety seems the minimum punishment. Absolute filthy pedophile.
Oxycodin
another pedophile that would get a good beating as he arrives to his new prison cell mate.
japanamericaawesome
I don't know what he was thinking
snowymountainhell
Understood @7:00 & :26am P.Smith. So were we. Still, despite all the available technology and the real need for such a ‘sexual offenders list’, Japan is severely lagging behind many G7 and OECD nations in other important aspects like ‘universal’ education & professional ethics for teaching professionals, their wages, health, welfare, basic human rights, etc. Even with sarcasm, we should always point out the continued hypocrisies and ineptitude of policy makers that have left the people of this once great country suffering to now, for future generation to suffer even more.
Thomas Tank
Unless he only taught males.
Thomas Tank
It's been awhile since we've had one of these.
Goodlucktoyou
Good point, the camera was found.
Bad point, he probably made a bucket selling to SK. Such videos are in high demand there. Google SK Molka toilet spy cams...