18-yr-old girl jumps to death from roof of school for delinquent kids

Monday 19th October, 02:36 PM JST

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combinibento at 05:40 PM JST - 19th October

So they re-hired man who they knew was convicted of homicide?? Gee, YA THINK there might be some liability issues there??
suebe36d at 06:06 PM JST - 19th October

Sparten boarding school for bullying instead of healing unloved kids
ptolemy at 06:32 PM JST - 19th October

In fairness, JT did not write the story. It is from Kyodo wire service. However, someone at JT could have checked the other English language news sites and filled in gaps. That is the problem with "news" sites today, too much wire service and not enough writing the stories yourself after some research. Kyodo, AP, UPI, and AFP stories are incomplete and full of errors too often.

I really do not understand why the school would rehire an excon back into the position that got sent to the pen. Something is very smelly about the principal and the school connection.
Miyaratmosphere at 06:38 PM JST - 19th October

I really do not understand why the school would rehire an excon back into the position that got sent to the pen. Something is very smelly about the principal and the school connection.

Because this is JAPAN!!!!!!
sillygirl at 07:27 PM JST - 19th October

THEY LET HIM BACK?????? sick
dolphingirl at 09:14 PM JST - 19th October

sillygirl: Exactly! Why the heck was this guy accepted back as principal!? Disgraceful! And this girl told people that she wanted to die. You would think that they'd have the sense not to take a suicidal girl to a rooftop! In addition, how is a yacht school supposed to reform delinquent kids? As someone else mentioned, what these troubled teens need is love, understanding, acceptance and a listening ear.
usaexpat at 11:01 PM JST - 19th October

I got lucky and never got pinched for any of the juvenile delinquency I was involved in. I could see at 18 I might have done a jumper if I'd been sent to Juvie. Sad, RIP you got a raw deal.
knews at 11:09 PM JST - 19th October

It sounds like it was his own school (named after him I assume) so it's no surprise he started working there again after his stint in prison.
Bholder at 12:39 AM JST - 20th October

did smt in early 80is, got six years and out in 2006????? did it more than a decade to prosecute this guy or what?........
mnemosyne23 at 02:19 AM JST - 20th October

The poor girl. I don't know if the school was solely to blame for her actions, but it certainly has to shoulder some of the responsibility. When you're dealing with troubled juveniles you HAVE to maintain extra vigilance in regards to their mental, emotional and physical state. Whether her suicidal ideation was a result of her treatment at the school, or due to outside factors that contributed to her ATTENDING the school, I can't say. But as her caretakers while she was there, it was the school's responsibility to keep her safe, from herself as well as others.
rehmp at 03:19 AM JST - 20th October

Only in wonderful, "non-litigious" Japan can the principal come back once he's released from jail. None of those pesky lawyers to muck things up.
nigelboy at 03:57 AM JST - 20th October

I really do not understand why the school would rehire an excon back into the position that got sent to the pen. Something is very smelly about the principal and the school connection.

Perhaps its because the principal is the founder of the yacht school.
bcbrownboy at 09:27 AM JST - 20th October

She was a minor, not a woman (as has been pointed out), and her safety and well-being was the Principal's responsibility. He should definitely be charged, at least with negligent homicide.
Triumvere at 11:37 PM JST - 20th October

He returned to the school following his release from jail in April 2006.

Wha.... what!?!
fleetwood77 at 04:44 AM JST - 22nd October

She was a minor, not a woman

Are you still a minor once you've reached 18 in Japan?