Susono Mayor Harukaze Murata speaks during a press conference at the city hall in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Japanese police said Monday that they have arrested three teachers at a nursery school in central Japan on suspicion they routinely abused toddlers, such as hitting their heads, holding them upside down and locking them up in a bathroom, a case that triggered outrage across the nation. (Kyodo News via AP)