{"id":179149,"date":"2026-08-13T13:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T04:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=179149&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-08-13T13:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T04:30:10","slug":"fukuoka-teacher-reprimanded-over-forced-feeding","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-teacher-reprimanded-over-forced-feeding\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Teacher Reprimanded Over Forced Feeding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Fukuoka City Board of Education reprimanded a 40-year-old male elementary school teacher on August 10 for using corporal punishment on a second-grade student who tried to leave a mini tomato uneaten during school lunch. According to the board, the teacher grabbed the child&#8217;s cheeks, placed the tomato in the student&#8217;s mouth, and pressed the child&#8217;s head and chin to force a bite. The student immediately went to a restroom and spat it out. The incident occurred at an elementary school in Higashi Ward in June and was formally classified as corporal punishment. The teacher said he had intended to teach the student not to waste food and expressed remorse. The city plans to notify all municipal schools and warn staff against similar conduct. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=17960347&#038;ymd=2026-08-10\" target=\"_blank\">KBC News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nishinippon.co.jp\/item\/1525797\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nishinippon Shimbun<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fnn_mini-tomatoes_2026_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fnn_mini-tomatoes_2026_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fnn_mini-tomatoes_2026_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fnn_mini-tomatoes_2026_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fnn_mini-tomatoes_2026_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: Fukuoka Now<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fukuoka City Board of Education reprimanded a 40-year-old male elementary school teacher on August 10 for using corporal punishment on a second-grade student who tried&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":179150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-179149","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/179149","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\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}