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Otsu bullying case

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi, mayor of Otsu in Shiga Prefecture, speaks with reporters at the city hall on Feb. 5, 2013. The Otsu city government admitted for the first time that there was a causal relationship between bullying and a junior high school boy's suicide in 2011, during a hearing earlier the same day at the Otsu District Court for a 77 million yen damages suit filed by the bereaved family of the schoolboy.

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Education board head at center of Otsu bullying case attacked

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi, mayor of Otsu in Shiga Prefecture, answers reporters' questions at the city hall on Aug. 15, 2012. A college student the same day assaulted the chief of the Otsu education board, police said. The education board has come under public criticism for initially failing to admit a link between the suicide of a 13-year-old boy and bullying by classmates in 2011.

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City mayor apologizes over schoolboy's suicide

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi, mayor of Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, answers reporters' questions at the city hall on July 25, 2012, after meeting the father of a boy who committed suicide in October 2011, allegedly as the result of school bullying. Koshi apologized to the boy's father, saying the school and local education board did not properly investigate the case.

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City mayor apologizes over schoolboy's suicide

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi (3rd from R), mayor of Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, bows with others to a lawyer (far L) representing the bereaved family of a boy who committed suicide in October 2011, allegedly as the result of school bullying, at the city hall on July 25, 2012, prior to meeting the father of the boy. Koshi apologized to the boy's father, saying the school and local education board did not properly investigate the case.

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City changes stance over schoolboy's suicide

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi, mayor of Otsu in Shiga Prefecture, speaks during a press conference at the city hall on July 17, 2012, following the second round of a hearing at the Otsu District Court on a suit filed against the western Japan city and alleged bullies by the parents of a 13-year-old boy who committed suicide. The municipal government of Otsu told the district court that it is highly likely to admit that bullying lay behind the October 2011 suicide of the junior high school boy, reversing its previous stance.

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Shiga Gov. Kada, Otsu Mayor Koshi

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada (R) holds talks with Naomi Koshi, the newly elected mayor of Otsu, Shiga's capital city, at the prefectural government office in Otsu on Jan. 25, 2012. Koshi started working as the mayor the same day following the 36-year-old lawyer's election Jan. 22 as Japan's youngest-ever female mayor. It is the first time in Japan for a prefecture and its capital city to be run by women.

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Japan's youngest-ever female mayor

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi, a 36-year-old lawyer, celebrates with her supporters on the night of Jan. 22, 2012, in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, after being elected Japan's youngest-ever female mayor by voters in the capital of the western Japanese prefecture.

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Japan's youngest-ever female mayor

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi, a 36-year-old lawyer, raises her fist before her supporters on the night of Jan. 22, 2012, in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, after being elected Japan's youngest-ever female mayor by voters in the capital of the western Japanese prefecture.

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Shiga Gov. Kada, Otsu Mayor Koshi

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada (R) holds talks with Naomi Koshi, the newly elected mayor of Otsu, Shiga's capital city, at the prefectural government office in Otsu on Jan. 25, 2012. Koshi started working as the mayor the same day following the 36-year-old lawyer's election Jan. 22 as Japan's youngest-ever female mayor. It is the first time in Japan for a prefecture and its capital city to be run by women. (Kyodo)

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Japan's youngest-ever female mayor

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi, a 36-year-old lawyer, celebrates with her supporters on the night of Jan. 22, 2012, in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, after being elected Japan's youngest-ever female mayor by voters in the capital of the western Japanese prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Japan's youngest-ever female mayor

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi, a 36-year-old lawyer, raises her fist before her supporters on the night of Jan. 22, 2012, in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, after being elected Japan's youngest-ever female mayor by voters in the capital of the western Japanese prefecture. (Kyodo)