Yokohama City Board of Education

Yokohama board; filled courtroom galleries with 414 staff to block public from teachers' child sex-abuse trials; found to breach open trials

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18 staff were disciplined in August 2024.

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Tokyo Shimbun18 staff disciplined in August 2024

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Yokohama's school board sent staff to fill the public gallery at teachers' child sex-crime trials; a review found the practice violated open-trial principles and its claim of victims' requests was not borne out