Five years ago, a teacher was sentenced by the Tokyo District Court on the 22nd for being accused of negligent injury in business, alleging that he instructed a student to jump in during a swimming class at Tokyo Metropolitan High School and injured his students. ..


While the prosecution is seeking a fine, the victim's man is demanding more than imprisonment, saying "I want you to face the crime."

In 2016, during a swimming class at a metropolitan high school in Koto-ku, Tokyo, a teacher, Hiroshi Matsuzaki (49), instructed him to jump over the deck brush into the pool in an accident in which a boy in the third grade of high school was seriously injured. However, he has been accused of negligent injury at work for causing serious injuries that damage his neck.



The prosecutor's office filed a brief indictment of the teacher last year, but the court followed an unusual course in which a formal trial was held, saying that the brief trial was not appropriate.



At the trial, the teacher acknowledged the charges and apologized, "I deeply apologize for having upset my life. Please be aware that I did not do it intentionally," and the prosecution said, "High risk. I am seeking a fine of 1 million yen for "I gave guidance easily."



On the other hand, a male victim who was unable to move freely from the neck down due to the accident also participated in the trial in a wheelchair and said, "I want you to face the crime," and demanded a prison sentence of more than imprisonment.



The focus is on how the court will determine the weight of the sentence, and the decision will be handed down in the Tokyo District Court at 4 pm.



After this accident, the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education banned diving during swimming classes at all metropolitan high schools, and the Japan Swimming Federation also published guidelines for leaders, and other measures were strengthened.

Victim's ex-student “I want more than imprisonment”

都立高校の3年生だった内川起龍さん（23）は、5年前の平成28年7月、水泳の授業で行われた飛び込みの練習で事故にあいました。



起訴状などによりますと、授業では教諭がスタート台からおよそ1メートル先で水面から71センチ以上の高さにデッキブラシを差し出し、その上を越えて飛び込むよう指示したということです。



水泳部だった内川さんは教諭の指導に従って飛び込み、プールの底に頭を打ちつけたといいます。



当時の状況について、「デッキブラシを差し出されたときは『怖い』のひと言でした。頭をぶつけたあと体は動かず、水中にいるのに冷たいという感覚さえもありませんでした」と振り返ります。



内川さんはけい随という首の骨の中にある神経を損傷して手足に強いまひが残り、首から下を自由に動かすことができなくなりました。



スポーツが得意で、小学生のときの将来の夢は水泳選手でした。



体操部だった中学時代には関東の選手が集まる大会で6位になったこともありますが、事故のあとは車いすでの生活を余儀なくされ、食事や入浴なども母親やヘルパーの介助が必要だということです。



高校を卒業したら自動車業界で働きたいと就職活動を進めていましたが、諦めざるをえませんでした。



内川さんは「ベッドにいるときは頭を上げることすらできず、自分だけでは何もできないことがつらいです」と悔しさをにじませます。



事故から5年後、裁判所の異例の判断で正式な裁判が始まり、審理に参加した内川さんは、教諭が事故についてどう考えているのか知りたいと直接、質問したり、意見を述べたりしました。



The prosecutor's office is seeking a fine of 1 million yen for "brutally crushing the dream of the future envisioned by the young victim," but Mr. Uchikawa wants a prison sentence of more than imprisonment.



The teacher has returned to the scene after being disciplined for six months, but the law requires that he lose his teacher's license if he is sentenced to imprisonment or higher.



Before the ruling, Mr. Uchikawa said, "The teacher said,'I'm remorseful,' but I felt like I was repeating my excuses. I don't know how to say it, but I want you to feel like you've destroyed one person. "

Diving practice A series of accidents all over the country

There have been a series of accidents all over the country regarding diving practice in swimming classes, etc., and the national government has changed the course of study and promoted regulations.



According to the Japan Sports Agency, diving in swimming classes was permitted from the 4th grade of elementary school to high school until 2008, but in principle, diving is done for elementary and junior high schools due to the revision of the curriculum guidelines for this year. It was decided not to.



Regarding high school, it was revised in 2018 to start from underwater for 1st graders and start from underwater for 2nd and 3rd graders according to the ability and actual situation of the students.



As a result of analyzing 5591 pool accidents at elementary and junior high schools and high schools that the Japan Sports Promotion Center compensated for in 2014, Koji Kitamura, Senior Researcher of the Industrial Technology Research Institute, found that "start and dive collision accidents" were 318. There were cases, of which 110 cases, which is about one-third, were accidents in high school.



Researcher Kitamura says, "It is necessary to take concrete measures such as stopping the pool unless it is deep enough, rather than regulating it based on age and individual skills."



In addition, Toin University of Yokohama's Associate Professor Shigeaki Iguchi, who is also a health and physical education teacher and teaches swimming lessons all over the country, divides "swimming as a competition" and "swimming to protect himself". I point out that you should think about it.



Associate Professor Iguchi said, "Japan has many water accidents, so it is necessary for anyone to acquire the skills to swim, but starting by diving is a skill that is necessary only for competitions. Many Japanese pools have shallow water at both ends. Since there is a high risk of diving, if you need to practice for competitions instead of doing it in school classes, you may be able to prevent accidents by renting a deep water pool. I'm talking.