Shizuoka –
Public prosecutors on Thursday demanded a prison sentence of two years and six months against the former head of A kodomoen hybrid kindergarten-daycare center in central Japan following a 2022 incident in which a 3-year-old girl died of heatstroke after being left on the school bus.
The sentence for 74-year-old Tatsuyoshi Masuda was demanded during that day’s hearing in a trial at Shizuoka District Court.
A one-year prison sentence was sought for Ako Nishihara, 48, a former teacher of the girl, China Kawamoto, who had attended the kodomoen facility, Kawasaki Yochien, in Makinohara city, Shizuoka Prefecture.
