A junior high teacher who beat a student for comparing him to an anime character was given a 10% pay cut for 3 months: Japan officials

• A junior high teacher had his pay temporarily cut by 10% after beating a student, per Osaka officials.
• The teacher was upset that the student had compared him to an anime character, per Sankei Shimbun.
• Officials said the teacher put the student in a headlock and punched him twice in January.

A junior high teacher in Osaka, Japan, had three months of pay docked by 10% for physically assaulting a student, school officials said.