A student at a prefectural special-needs school in Nagasaki Prefecture told the school in November last year that a male staffer in his 20s had touched her body for sexual gratification, but neither the school nor the prefectural education board reported it to police, the board said. The student filed a criminal complaint in February, and the Nagasaki District Public Prosecutors Office charged the former staffer in October with nonconsensual indecent assault, keeping him out of custody.
The man, now a former employee, was referred to prosecutors in July on suspicion of the same offense, according to the prefectural education board.
A law that took effect in 2022, the Act on Preventing Sexual Violence by Teachers and Other Staff Against Children and Students, requires teachers and other school staff to report suspected sex crimes to police promptly.
Report shared with the board, not with police
According to the education board, the school heard from a parent in November 2025 that the student had been touched on the chest and lower body inside a school bus, and shared the information with the board.
The source does not say why the school and the board did not contact police at that point, or what the school did in response to the report.