Yokohama teacher suspended for slapping handball club members, telling them to 'die'
(Mainichi Japan)
YOKOHAMA -- A high school teacher here has been suspended from work for six months for repeatedly physically and verbally abusing members of the school's handball club, including slapping them and telling them to "die."
The Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education took disciplinary measures against the 45-year-old teacher at the prefectural Ichigao High School in Yokohama's Aoba Ward on Jan. 26. It also issued a warning to the school's principal in light of his supervisory responsibility.