Nagoya teacher ‘used school's digital camera' to take underwear shots of girls
AICHI (TR) – Aichi Prefectural Police have revealed that a Nagoya City elementary school teacher in custody for allegedly taking secret photos of female students and sharing them on social media has admitted that he 'used the school's digital camera,' reports TBS News (June 28).
As previously reported, Yuji Moriyama, 42, allegedly took tosatsu (voyeur) pictures of female students' underwear at facilities in Aichi. He then shared the images and videos in a social networking group.
According to the police, Moriyama set up a group chat on social media to share photos. When questioned, he said, 'I used the school's digital camera to take the photos.'
For three years, Moriyama was in charge of producing the school's newsletter, which informs parents about students' daily lives, for about three years. For the newsletter, he took the photos.
The Board of Education has announced that it will have a school counselor interview students at the elementary school where Moriyama works through at least during the first semester. As well, a third party will search again for hidden cameras in the school that staff have not yet found. Yuji Moriyama (X) From across the nation
The group chat, which was hosted on a highly confidential app from overseas, consisted of about 10 teachers from across the nation.
In addition to Moriyama, two other teachers are in custody. Fumiya Kosemura, 37, of Yokohama City, allegedly took voyeur pictures of female students' underwear in Kanagawa Prefecture. He also shared them in the group.
Kosemura said, 'I took pictures of female students in their underwear and sent them to people in the group.'
In January, Shota Mizuto, a 34-year-old elementary school teacher in Nagoya allegedly splashed bodily fluids on a 15-year-old girl's backpack at a train platform in Atsuta Ward. He was later indicted on charges of property damage.
When the police analyzed Mizuto's smartphone, they found that he had shared secretly taken photos of female students in the social networking group. As a result of the investigation, police arrested Moriyama and Kosemura.
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