Kirk with more about the violence perpetrated against students at Shugakukan. Violence is one serious problem; lies are another. At first the school said, “such violence doesn’t happen here regularly.” However, a survey of the students led them to admit publicly that there had been 25 such instances, includuing “stepping on a student’s face”!
https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/rkk/38759?display=1
Similarly, the head coach (the guy who called the student who up loaded the video the “kagaisha” [perpetrator / person who caused the harm]) said he didn’t know about the students’ “apology” video before it was uploaded but, in the press conference, it became clear that that statement was false. Now he says that he “went along with the students.” Yah, right. I guess the students pressured him into “going along” with their idea to take responsibility – after he berated them for victimizing the school.
So who is this guy? The name is DANBARA Kazushi (段原一詞) and he seems to have a record of success as a coach. The following site says that the soccer team has gotten to the “final four” stage of four national competitions under Danbara’s direction.
https://digtopi.com/danbara-career/
The page also says that he is an assistant to the principal and the academic subject he teaches is English. (Maybe he reads this page ;) )
If you search for the Japanese Wikipedia page about Shugakukan, you’ll find that many professional baseball players and soccer players hail from the school.