High school teacher slapped with wage cut for borrowing 300,000 yen from student

SHIZUOKA -- A high school teacher has been slapped with a wage cut for borrowing 300,000 yen from a student, education officials said. The Shizuoka Prefectural Board of Education cut the salary of the 33-year-old teacher at a prefectural high school by 10 percent for a month on disciplinary grounds. "I was short of money. I took advantage of her kind offer," he was quoted as telling his bosses. The teacher's... [read full story]