The teacher-student relationship is probably one of the most sacred and most revered relationships in the world. So what happens when the one you trust most unconditionally, breaks that trust? Utter devastation! Kaori Yamakawa, a 25-year-old fourth-grade teacher at a public school in Kunitachi, Tokyo, broke her students’ trust by filming them in the nude when they were bathing.Yamakawa was entrusted with the task of chaperoning sixth-grade girls, when they were on a school trip to Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on June 21 this year. As she was supervising the girls in the bath, she secretly filmed them and this is a direct violation of child pornography laws. Yamakawa has admitted to the charges however denies an intent to sell or distribute the incriminating videos. And by her own admission, she likes to “look at and to touch (the girls’) beautiful chests.”
This incident came to light when Yamakawa was caught on 15th July, using a concealed camera to film naked girls in a swimming pool changing room, at an amusement park in Tokyo’s Nerima Ward. Further investigations into this case led to the revelations of the school incident. The shocked Kunitachi Municipal Board of Education and the school called for an emergency meeting with the parents and guardians of the affected students and debriefed them about Yamakawa’s arrest.
Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)’s Nerima Station questioned Yamakawa and searched her school and her home in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, for more materials. Thankfully, besides these two videos, no other material was found. Apparently Yamakawa was hired in a temporary position in April 2011 but she managed to get a full-time position just this year. In fact she was popular with the parents for taking such good care of their children at school. Isn’t that what pedophiles do to gain trust? The MPD along with the prosecutors will also charge Yamakawa for violating Tokyo’s anti-nuisance ordinance for the swimming pool incident.
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