Police arrested two primary school teachers in Japan for taking and sharing indecent images of young girls in chat groups with other teachers.
Local police told the BBC that the two were a 42-year-old who taught in a public school in Nagoya, and a 37-year-old admitted to taking photos and videos of girls under the age of 13 at a public school in Yokohama.
The images – including the so-called Upskirt photos – were subsequently shared in a group of 10 primary and junior high school teachers, one of whom was arrested.
Japan has not banned sexual conduct until recently and has been carried out as part of a broader sexual crime reform.
Asahi Shimbun of Japan reported that the teacher’s chat group was revealed after a teacher involved was arrested for “depositing fluid” on a 15-year-old girl’s backpack.
A forensic review of his cell phone then led to the discovery of a chat group hosted on an unnamed social media platform. The shared materials include photos of the skirt, and editing of changing the girl, as well as the “deep fruit” that seems to be created from the girl’s headshot.
Police said some of the photos appeared to have been taken at the school, but it is not clear that these are members of the school.
May 2023As part of a wider overhaul of the century-long law on sexual offences, it sparked outcry after multiple rape acquittals in 2019.
Specifically, the law prohibits sexually photographing children without reasonable reasons”.
The offender will face up to three years in prison or a fine of up to ¥3 million (£15,160; $20,800).
The reform of Japan’s Sexual Crime Law in 2023 is also Expanded the definition of rape And the age of consent will be raised from 13 to 16 years old.
