25-year-old wife arrested for selling nude photos of herself

Tuesday 24th June, 10:18 AM JST

AICHI —

Police on Monday arrested a 25-year-old woman for selling nude photos of herself in Kasugai City, Aichi Prefecture. Yoshimi Yamahashi, 25, was arrested after she was found by police to be in possession of nude photos of herself saved on a SD card of her cell phone.

According to police, Yamahashi, who is married, has sold nude photos and movies taken by her handset to more than 100 people through the Internet since May, 2005. Police said she has earned about 1 million yen so far. In other photos, she was wearing school uniforms at her clients’ requests, she said.

Yamahashi was quoted by police as saying, “I started this business because I wanted to buy clothes.”

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Farmboy at 06:49 AM JST - 26th June

Four positive points:

She has remained faithful to her husband. She demonstrates entrepreneurial spirit. She can probably buy clothes now, or could until they arrested her. She has made lots of perverts, who haven't been arrested, happy.
Cammi at 12:12 PM JST - 26th June

I agree with bobo. She didn't register her business so they couldn't take tax. Hope she buys some Chanel when she gets out! ^_^
Sarge at 10:24 PM JST - 26th June

"This is illegal? But how is it any different from all the magazines I can buy in the convenient stores?"

Heck, how is it any different from the thousands of internet sites legally selling pictures/videos of nude women?
PrinceskaNo1 at 12:00 AM JST - 27th June

I guess all the guys who defend the housewife have bought her pictures. You guys should be ashamed.
tokyotom at 09:17 AM JST - 27th June

man I want to see those photos, who has the link?
DeepAir65 at 08:02 AM JST - 28th June

what a waste of my taxes
WMD at 10:50 AM JST - 28th June

yes, where can we see this "body" in all it's glory?? Only for study purposes of course.
Queenofmuffins at 10:44 PM JST - 28th June

Yeah, I can see why the police would want to arrest her. Never mind all the tenticle porn and other disturbing hentai I've seen being sold here...
hairforest at 05:40 PM JST - 29th June

Another victim-less crime of which the public will be forced to pay their taxes to handle.

It's called freedom. If a woman wants to seel pictures of herself, nude or not, it's none of our damned business.
damexicanbuda at 04:22 AM JST - 30th June

Bravo! I think this should become a land mark case! Forget about abortion rights, what about the right of a women, who in this case must have a great body, to show it off to the entire cyber world! Good for here! I hope she is giving her husband a nice cut to so he can also buy some clothes?
tokyotom at 09:24 AM JST - 30th June

you have thousands of married women selling delivery health, easy to find, what are they doing with this?
Neoleon at 11:02 PM JST - 4th July

Oh ,what hell are the Japanese COPS thinking? Is PORN illegal in Japan? OH,I know. She didn't want to sell them some YOU-KNOW-WHAT services.
armybabe at 10:46 AM JST - 7th November

OK, as i am personally involved in nude modeling online i think it is ridiculous for them to arrest her for doing the same thing over 2 million men and women do every day Porn, nudy pics, etc. its not going away for a very long time, so i dont see what the problem is with it. if we are beautiful enough to realize that we have the potential to make money off of it, then why the hell not? god gave us our body and our beauty just as he gave some ppl the brains to be doctors or rocket scienctists, we all use what we have to make money. i go through a legit website and i get my checks every month jsut as i would if i were to be flipping whoppers at burgerking. the only difference is i get to do it from home so i can spend time with my family. i get to do it from my own comfort spot, and make money doing it. if it makes men or women happy to see me in a thong then so be it it makes me happy to have them pay to see me in a thong so i can pay my bills and have extra spending cash to play with. its teh women that know they have husbands are paying to see these girls that are the mad ones, and truth be told ..put on a teddy and some heels and your husband wont be spending the car payment on methis month!
Damian888 at 07:01 PM JST - 7th February

This is nonsense, you guys should be ashamed of your selves. It is non of your business what any women has on her cell phone. I cannot believe what is happening here, if she has a beautiful body, and she wants to show it, how is that illegal, especially if she is being discreet about it.
JungleJimJT at 01:06 AM JST - 3rd May

SHAME on the JAPANESE GOVERNMENT!!! I am an adult Webmaster in the U.S.A. and it AMAZES me how in the year "2009" the Japanese people must view porn with the genitals CENSORED OUT! It's "2009"!!! Yet, the Japanese government feels that their people are so "childlike" that they must be PROTECTED from viewing adult genitials??? It is NO surprise at their treatment of this woman... The Japanese people are a warrior race, and one of the most advanced technologically, yet the mentality of their government is primative and backward thinking.