In July last year, in the case of a 5-year-old boy who died of heatstroke after being left in a shuttle bus in Nakama City, Fukuoka Prefecture, the Fukuoka District Court said, ``The negligence of neglecting an extremely basic duty of care is serious.'' As a result, the director at the time was sentenced to 2 years in prison, suspended for 3 years, and the nursery teacher was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison, suspended for 3 years.
In July of last year, Fuyuo Kurakake (then 5) died of heat stroke after being left in a pick-up bus in the hot sun for nearly nine hours at a nursery school in Nakama City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Yoko Urakami, 45, and Noriko Toba, 59, a nursery teacher who was responsible for dropping off the children, were charged with professional negligence resulting in death.
In the trial so far, the two have admitted to the indictment, and the prosecution demanded two years in prison for Urakami and one year and six months in prison for Toba, but Urakami received a suspended sentence. Defendant Toba said, "A fine is appropriate."
In the ruling on the 8th, presiding judge Atsushi Tomita of the Fukuoka District Court said, ``It is an extremely basic duty of care that should be fulfilled as a person who is in charge of kindergarten children. '' he pointed out.
On top of that, "When I think of the pain, helplessness, and despair that the victim must have felt after being left alone in a scorching car for a long time, the grief of the bereaved family is too painful and immeasurable." I am seriously facing my responsibility." Urakami was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for three years, and Toba was sentenced to one year and six months in prison, suspended for three years.