神戸市、学校カメラ試験導入へ 反対意見は退ける / Kobe to Trial School Cameras, Brushing Aside Objections

神戸市では、いじめや暴言などの校内トラブルに対応するため、小中学校の廊下や階段に防犯カメラを試験的に設置する方針が進められています。これに対し、カメラ設置を行わないよう求める陳情が共産党支持者たちから提出されましたが、2026年10月20日の市議会教育こども委員会で不採択となりました。

共産党は選挙中のカメラ設置も反対を表明しています。

不正が行われないようにカメラ設置は台湾のように設置するべきではないでしょうか？又、かつて不正選挙に意義をあげていて犬丸勝子さんなどもいらっしゃいます。カメラは常時監視ではなく、トラブル時に映像を確認する運用が想定されているようです。神戸市議の上畠議員のカメラ設置は学校は聖域でないとおっしゃる通り、子どもの安全を守る取り組みとして必要だと思います。

Kobe City Moves Ahead with Trial Installation of School Cameras, Rejects Opposition

Kobe City is moving forward with a plan to install security cameras on a trial basis in the hallways and stairwells of elementary and junior high schools in order to address problems on school premises, such as bullying and verbal abuse. In response, a petition calling for the cameras not to be installed was submitted by supporters of the Japanese Communist Party, but it was rejected by the City Council’s Education and Children Committee on October 20, 2026.

The Japanese Communist Party has also expressed opposition to the installation of cameras during elections.

Shouldn’t cameras be installed, as they are in Taiwan, to help prevent irregularities? There have also been people such as Katsuko Inumaru who previously raised objections to election irregularities. The cameras are apparently intended to be operated not for continuous monitoring, but so that footage can be reviewed when problems occur. As Kobe City Council member Uehata has stated, “Schools are not sanctuaries.” We believe that installing cameras is necessary as an initiative to protect children’s safety.