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Japan arrests primary school teachers for sharing upskirt photos
- Aichi prefectural police arrested two primary school teachers, Yuji Moriyama and Fumiya Kosemura, on 24 June for taking and sharing indecent photos of girls in Nagoya and Yokohama.
- The arrests followed an investigation that started in March 2025 after police discovered the chat group of about 10 schoolteachers sharing voyeuristic images and videos, mostly under fictitious names.
- Moriyama, the group administrator, possessed nearly 70 photos, including upskirt and changing room images of girls under age 13 taken around September 2024 in Aichi, while Kosemura took similar photos in Kanagawa around January 2025.
- The men admitted the charges of violating Japan's law against creating and distributing certain sexual images, which carries up to three years imprisonment and up to 3 million yen fines, according to police statements.
- The case highlights enforcement of Japan's 2023 legal reforms banning upskirting and nonconsensual sexual image capture, addressing voyeurism among educators and broader sex crime issues nationwide.
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‘Unthinkable’: Japan rocked by teachers’ arrests over sharing of girls’ upskirt photos
TOKYO, June 27 — Japan’s education minister reacted angrily Friday after the arrests of two teachers who allegedly shared photos showing girls’ underwear in a group chat that reportedly included nearly 10 elementary and junior high school teachers. The case has shocked the country, which will next year launch its first national background check system for sex offences for those seeking to work with children. If convicted, the teachers — a 42-yea…
The Minister of Education of Japan has expressed his deep indignation this Friday after the arrest of two teachers accused of sharing intimate images of minors in a messaging group that, according to information, was made up of about ten primary and secondary teachers. The case has shaken Japanese public opinion at a particularly sensitive time, as the country is preparing to implement in 2026 its first national criminal record verification syst…
Secret filming or photographing under the rock: Two primary school teachers in Japan are said to have made upskirting pictures of girls under 13 years of age and shared with other teachers in a chat group.
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