A 43-year-old teacher working at a junior high school in Tokyo was arrested on suspicion of abducting a minor, alleging that he invited a junior high school girl he met on SNS to sleep at a hotel.
The person who was arrested was Yasuhiro Funayama, a 43-year-old teacher at a ward junior high school in Nakano-ku, Tokyo.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, there is a suspicion of kidnapping a minor, alleging that he invited a junior high school girl he met on SNS last July and let him sleep at a hotel in Tokyo for two days.
The schoolgirl was protected while she was alone in the hotel room and was not injured.
Teacher Funayama said on SNS that he would give him money to stay, and he suspected that he had taken him to the hotel without the consent of his parents. It means that I admit it.
The teacher was staying in the room where the girl student stayed for about 5 hours, and there is also a suspicion that she instructed to delete the SNS exchange, so the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the details.
Nakano Ward Board of Education "Apologize from the bottom of my heart for losing trust"
Regarding the arrest of a teacher at a ward junior high school, the Nakano City Board of Education said, "It is regrettable that we have seriously damaged our confidence in school education and deeply hurt our children, parents, and everyone in the community. We sincerely apologize. We will continue to work to prevent recurrence and restore trust. "