In the case of a teachers’ group sharing secretly filmed images of a girl, authorities announced on the 9th the re-arrest of a male elementary school teacher (34) from Asaka City, who was previously indicted on charges including child prostitution and related violations. He is suspected of secretly filming two girls in a hotel bathhouse, leading to new charges of violating the relevant law and the Act on Punishment of Sexual Acts with Children. This marks his fourth arrest. He reportedly admitted to the allegations, stating, “I believe it’s true.”

According to the police, the man secretly filmed one girl naked with a camera in the men’s bath area of a hotel in Chiba Prefecture in April 2023. In April 2024, he is suspected of secretly filming another girl in the men’s bath area and changing room of the same hotel, thereby producing child pornography.

The suspicions came to light through the analysis of seized materials. The girls are believed to have been accompanied by other adults. The Aichi Prefectural Police determined the girls were under 18 based on a doctor’s age estimation.

Out of consideration for the victims, the suspect’s name has been anonymized in the digital version.

Asaka City

Asaka City is a municipality located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, historically known as a post-station town on the Nakasendō highway during the Edo period. Today, it is primarily a residential suburb of Tokyo and is notable for being the location of the Asaka Sports Complex, which was used for several events during the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Chiba Prefecture

Chiba Prefecture is a key economic and transportation hub in Japan, located directly east of Tokyo on the Bōsō Peninsula. It is historically known as a productive agricultural region and its modern development was heavily shaped by the 17th-century land reclamation projects of the Tone River. Today, it is internationally recognized for hosting the Tokyo Disney Resort at Urayasu and Narita International Airport, the primary international gateway to the greater Tokyo area.

Aichi Prefectural Police

The Aichi Prefectural Police is the law enforcement agency responsible for public safety in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture. It was established in 1871 during the early Meiji period as part of the modernization of Japan’s police system, which centralized law enforcement under the new prefectural governments. Today, it operates from its headquarters in Nagoya, managing policing across a major industrial and populous region.