The principal gave a press conference as if he were someone else, saying, “I’m only human.”… Girl left on a bus in the blazing sun, “too sad to see her when she was found.”

After the aforementioned parent briefing, a press conference was held at the preschool. At the beginning of the press conference, Masuda bowed his head and apologized, saying, “I would like to express my sincere apologies to the bereaved families of the children who died. He also expressed his intention to resign as director of the preschool. However, during the press conference, which lasted for two hours and 40 minutes, Masuda seemed to be taking it easy on everyone else. In response to a reporter’s request that he speak clearly, he responded, “I was sleeping and not drinking enough water.

I’m having trouble speaking due to lack of sleep and water, as well as my age. …… My throat is parched. I am human too.”

I’m sorry you had to suffer so much. I felt sorry for her in that hot weather.

I don’t even know his name.

When asked about his impression of Ms. A, he replied, “I don’t know the names of each of them,” and even misspelled her name as “B-chan.

On the day of the incident, the temperature was 30.5°C and the humidity was 70%. The temperature inside the car was probably over 50°C. I heard that Mr. A looked really sad when he was found. …… The water bottle nearby was empty, without a drop of water. Perhaps he couldn’t stand the extreme heat, but he had taken off his clothes and was naked.

When asked about the cause of the incident, Masuda explained, “I was not used to driving.

When asked about the cause of the incident, Masuda explained, “I was unfamiliar with driving. （I did not look behind me (with Mr. A in the car) and did the work on the driving record. Because of my age, I would forget the next thing I did.”

I was in a hurry because I had another errand to run (to the hospital).”

Masuda also revealed that there had been “several times in a year” of pickup and drop-off problems in the past. It seems that the tragedy was caused by a careless checking system and a lack of a sense of responsibility at the top.