Controversal arrest over upskirt photography
Livedoor News reports on a photographer who was apparently arrested because he took upskirt photographs of a paid model:
At approximately 11 AM on the 12th, the two were holding a private photography session at a park in Ichioka Motomachi, Minato-ku, Osaka. Kurosawa, wearing a one-piece, climbed atop a playground slide, while Tanabe filmed from below. The parents accompanying their children in the park found the activity suspicious and reported the incident to the police. The two were arrested.
“It seems that the two met on the internet, where Tanabe ask her to let him take pictures of her panties for 10,000 yen. Kurosawa is denying the charges, however, insisting that she hadn’t given him permission.” [Quote from the Police]
Here are a few selected comment translations from Hatena Bookmark, a popular Japanese link sharing site:
dambiyori: They weren’t arrested on charges of ”public indecency,” but rather for violating the Kyoto Nuisance Prevention Ordinance. The third article specifically prohibits the act of taken pictures of exposed underwear in public places.
mittsun1979: If people can be arrested for this, they can also be arrested for wearing clothing that shows cleavage or miniskirts…
giant-killing: It’s become an oppressive society…
md2tak: This type of Nuisance Prevention Ordinance is really similar to the Peace Preservation Law. How convenient.
konkon1986: The problem is the difference in people’s definitions of what constitutes sexual conduct. So you’ve got the claim, “Nothin’ wrong with just taking a few pics of her panties,” but if you’re doing that in front of parents with their kids at a park, you better believe you’re gonna get called on public indecency. Bunch of idiots.
kenken610: At first I thought this was from some Islamic country…mnemo: At this rate, we’ll have people being arrested just for making out in public in no time. Society’s just gonna get more and more ridiculous.
bzb05445: Lately, from small stuff like this, it seems like the authority of the police is getting stronger.
[The Japanese news article translations in this post were provided by myGengo's simple human translation system.]
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