In 2019, two high school students from Yokohama drowned in an Australian lake they were visiting as part of their school's overseas exchange program. On the 26th, a local court sentenced the teacher who was accompanying them to a fine of approximately 5.4 million yen. I handed down the verdict.
In March 2019, two first-year high school boys who attended Kanagawa University High School in Yokohama drowned in a lake in Queensland, northeastern Australia, where they were visiting on an overseas exchange program.
Mari Minatoya, the teacher who was leading the two students, was charged with violating Australia's Occupational Safety and Health Act.
On the morning of the 26th, a local court sentenced the teacher to a fine of 55,000 Australian dollars, or approximately 5.4 million yen, for failing to properly manage her safety.
Last year, the local travel company that arranged the exchange program was also fined 250,000 Australian dollars over this incident.
Person in charge of school corporation: ``Things that can be done as a corporation''
A representative from the educational corporation that operates Kanagawa University High School told NHK, ``We have seen the reports, but we plan to consider measures after the person who was sentenced returns to Japan and receives a detailed report.'' We apologize to the bereaved family for this accident, and as a corporation, we would like to do everything we can."