{"id":171254,"date":"2025-05-28T17:07:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T08:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=171254&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-05-28T17:07:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T08:07:27","slug":"karatsu-teacher-fired-over-child-porn-possession","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/karatsu-teacher-fired-over-child-porn-possession\/","title":{"rendered":"Karatsu Teacher Fired Over Child Porn Possession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Saga Prefectural Board of Education dismissed a 37-year-old male elementary school teacher in Karatsu City on May 27 for possessing and distributing approximately 500 child pornography videos. The teacher reportedly obtained the videos from individuals met via social media and shared them with others. The case came to light during a voluntary police inquiry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The teacher denies creating any of the content himself. In separate disciplinary actions, two other male school employees in their 40s were suspended for six and three months respectively over incidents of inappropriate conduct toward a female colleague. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=15249709&amp;ymd=2025-05-28\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-171243\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/day-trip-karatsu-WEB-001-3.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Karatsu City\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/day-trip-karatsu-WEB-001-3.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/day-trip-karatsu-WEB-001-3.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/day-trip-karatsu-WEB-001-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/day-trip-karatsu-WEB-001-3.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Saga Prefectural Board of Education dismissed a 37-year-old male elementary school teacher in Karatsu City on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":171249,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-171254","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-karatsu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/171254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}