32-year-old high school teacher fired for hugging female student; "I had feelings for her" - Mie Prefectural Board of Education

On the 24th, the Mie Prefectural Board of Education dismissed a male teacher (32) working at a prefectural high school in the Kuwan district for touching a student's body. In addition, a male principal (60) at the prefectural Yokkaichi Shigo High School was given a disciplinary punishment of a 10% pay cut (in January) for mistakenly collecting tuition fees and handling the matter without approval from his superiors. According to the prefectural …