{"id":180208,"date":"2026-10-08T10:57:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T01:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180208&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:57:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T01:57:29","slug":"fukuoka-teacher-challenges-rejection-of-break-time-request","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-teacher-challenges-rejection-of-break-time-request\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka teacher challenges rejection of break-time request"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Fukuoka municipal junior high school teacher\u2019s lawsuit over a rejected working-conditions request had its first hearing on Oct. 6. The teacher had asked in August 2025 for measures including a guaranteed 45-minute break. The personnel committee rejected the request after he began parental leave, saying working conditions did not apply while he was away. He filed suit in July, arguing that he remained an employee and that the decision was discriminatory. The committee declined to comment on the individual case. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=18277533&#038;ymd=2026-10-06\" target=\"_blank\">KBC News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/articles\/ASV832GXPV83TIPE00ZM.html\" target=\"_blank\">Asahi 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\/10\/fnn_fukuoka-teacher-challenges-rejection-of-break-time_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1378%2C766&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1378\" height=\"766\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_fukuoka-teacher-challenges-rejection-of-break-time_2026_cl.jpg?w=1378&amp;ssl=1 1378w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_fukuoka-teacher-challenges-rejection-of-break-time_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_fukuoka-teacher-challenges-rejection-of-break-time_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C569&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_fukuoka-teacher-challenges-rejection-of-break-time_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C427&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: KBC News<\/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>A Fukuoka municipal junior high school teacher\u2019s lawsuit over a rejected working-conditions request had its first hearing on Oct. 6. The teacher had asked in August 2025 for measures&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180208","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\/180208","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=180208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}