A female teacher in her 30s at a prefectural high school in Miyagi prefecture committed suicide. The board of education determined that power harassment from a fellow teacher led to the suicide.
Teachers' union held a press conference on the 8th and said, ``We are pushing her colleague into a corner.'' The causes must be thoroughly clarified," said the teachers' union chairman. The male teacher was suspended from his job for three months and disciplined, the board of Education said. The teacher's union did not receive any consultation from the deceased female teacher.