Three nursery school teachers allegedly abused children in such ways as suspending them off the floor and showing them a box cutter knife at a nursery school in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, according to the city's government.
The prefectural and municipal governments on Saturday conducted a special audit of the Sakura nursery school, a private licensed nursery school, based on the Child Welfare Law and other regulations.
The special audit started Saturday morning with approximately 10 officials entering the preschool. The series of alleged acts is thought highly likely to constitute abuse. The prefectural police have also begun an investigation.
