The tragic irony of all this is that the School Education Law forbids corporal punishment, either physical or verbal. Therefore, teachers who enforce the school rules in this manner are themselves breaking the national law by doing so. This hypocrisy is just fine with most teachers and parents. In training dogs and horses, they receive a treat whenever they behave and are whipped when they don't. The same stance should be taken with children.
Children are animals being taught to be human.
The school largely ignores their complaints, seldom punishes abusive teachers, and finds a way to retaliate against students and parents who persist. Secret teacher records on students can effectively eliminate a student from consideration for the better schools. Since there are few avenues for success in Japan, teachers have a virtual stranglehold over the future well-being of the students and their families. Brutality exhibited by teachers is often imitated by youths in their treatment of peers. For victims this often leads to neuroses and even suicide.