Overview
- The ex–middle-school teacher, 41, testified at Nagoya District Court on Feb. 17 that pressure from a teachers’ group led him to film illicit images, saying he felt he had to contribute after being asked for material.
- He said he met a fellow teacher on X, was steered to an encrypted messaging app, and was taught voyeuristic methods and how to use hidden cameras.
- He told the court he stayed in the group to maintain ties with fellow educators and later regretted not leaving once he recognized the risk.
- Separately on Feb. 17, Fukui Prefectural Police re-arrested a Fukui University professor, 56, on suspicion of non-consensual intercourse with a known woman, with police quoting him as saying he cannot currently recall parts of the events.
- Police say the new allegation involves a February 2025 incident at a hotel outside the prefecture, and prosecutors had indicted him on Feb. 16 in a related case involving the same woman after an initial arrest in January.