TOKYO –
Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested a 71-year-old former junior highschool principal on suspicion of committing indecent acts in opposition to an elementary faculty lady at a welfare assist facility in Yachimata, Chiba Prefecture, in May.
The suspect, Mikio Otsuka, works half time on the facility, the place he had been instructing youngsters and serving to them with their research.
Police allege that Otsuka touched the lady’s physique over her clothes and dedicated different indecent acts whereas she was utilizing the power in May 2026.
According to officers in Sakura and different authorities, Otsuka beforehand served as principal of a public junior highschool in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture.
Otsuka had already been arrested twice and indicted over allegations that he touched the physique of one other elementary faculty lady who attended the identical facility, together with an alleged incident in June 2026.
During questioning over the most recent case, Otsuka partially denied the allegations, saying he didn’t clearly keep in mind what he had achieved whereas serving to the lady together with her homework.
“I remember doing something like touching or patting her buttocks while we were fooling around when I was helping her with her homework,” Otsuka was quoted as telling investigators.
He denied that his actions have been sexually motivated.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the alleged incidents.
Source: FNN