A 55-year-old adjunct professor at Taisho University, a private college in the Sugamo area of north Tokyo, has resigned for stripping off on campus.
The university announced that one of its faculty staff has performed an act that was “counter to public morals” at around 3pm on January 8th.
The unnamed lecturer was swiftly taken into care by his colleagues. He was then apparently very repentant and handed in his resignation the same day.
What the hell happened? Why would a teacher at a respectable Tokyo college do such a thing? If this was Kabukicho, it would be business as usual — but Toshima ward?!
He was found outside on the Nishi-Sugamo campus, completely naked. When staff rounded him up, he was apparently docile and did not resist. The college is still investigating just where the instructor actually took his clothes off — and why.
He did not appear to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol, so the police were not called (there is actually a police box right by the college campus entrance).
Did the teacher have a breakdown a la Jason Russell?
Online, people have been speculating that the instructor was made to strip off and sit in the seiza position by a female student, but the college cannot confirm if this is true. So maybe the teacher was the victim of a cruel young female dominatrix?! Please let that be true!
The picture above has appeared online but the quality is pretty grainy. However, given the age of the man involved — that may be a good thing!
