Police sergeant arrested on suspicion of filming up-skirt videos

Wednesday 29th July, 08:41 AM JST

OSAKA —

A police sergeant was arrested on Tuesday under the Osaka prefectural nuisance prevention ordinance on charges of making illegal up-skirt videos. Yasunori Hosokawa, 44, is suspected of using his mobile phone to film up the skirt of a female university student, 18, who was riding the escalator in front of him at Osaka’s Hankyu Umeda Station at around 2:35 p.m. on Tuesday.

According to police, Hosokawa was on his day off, and took in a movie before heading home. A police officer on patrol spotted him filming up the girl’s skirt. Hosakawa has admitted to the charge, and was quoted as saying: “When I saw her in that miniskirt, I just gave in to temptation.”

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DarkKnghtZ at 01:05 PM JST - 30th July

You people realize you are demanding JAIL TIME for looking up a girls skirt was was (unless you can prove otherwise) asking for it /inviting it/ didnt care. The story says nothing of her charging him with anything.
womanforwomen at 05:25 PM JST - 30th July

Even women and kids look I meant that they stare and leer and whatever that makes a person uneasy. Drooling sort of thing.

You cannot blame it on the men alone.Smithinjapan so you think that the dressing style of the women has nothing to do with all of this? You are okay with dressing in a provocative manner?
JoeBigs at 06:49 PM JST - 30th July

LoveUSA at 11:22 AM JST - 30th July the responsibility of every woman is to clean society of dishonourable pervert men like this one. So every woman shall try and catch perverts and give them to police.

Ah, yeah, so your saying that all women need to be more like Cagney & Lacey? Hell, if that ever happened Homo sapiens would die out as a species.LOL

How about just accepting the fact that there are some folks that need help out there. Then we just leave it to the cops to catch the perps.

But, I could be wrong, I am a man......LOL

LoveUSA at 11:22 AM JST - 30th JulyBut if policemen are pervert themselves whom we can turn to for protection?

Honest Police officers who are not pervs? Again, I am a man and I maybe wrong....My wife always tells me I am wrong.....But darn it I can install light bulbs! HAHAHAHAHA I rule!

LoveUSA at 11:22 AM JST - 30th July I need to know the name of serious policemen who will not abuse their position and target innocent women.

Ah, most officers will do their duty and protect the people. It is just that few that do wrong and hurt the people. So I am pretty sure you will be okay....Unless.......ah, forget that last...

I am pretty sure you are safe....Really.....
Bento at 07:40 PM JST - 30th July

smithinjapan, You appear to be having difficulty understanding what "a direct quote" is..so to further your education i will give you an example of one.. This is a "direct quote" from one of your posts on this thread so direct in fact that i was able to use the copy and paste feature.. "It's true, you don't hear about things like this day in and day out in other countries because it happens FAR less, and is not a day to day disease that is going out of control like here."

and as i'm feeling generous today i'll give you another direct quote of yours from,coincidentally enough ,the same thread again using the cut and paste feature(how delightful modern technology is) "Not at all. I said it HAPPENS in other countries, and gave you proof on how you are wrong that it's not reported and goes unpunished" Its little wonder you get confused when you appear to find it impossible to recall accurately what you have posted only seconds before" "Happens in" "Happens far less in"...squewed recall depending on perceived need. moderator:i take it you are being balanced in your censoring today?How about removing the post from smith in japan that accuses me of being a big part of this problem,it seems unfair that this remains and my posts asking for evidence to back this up are removed..what say you?
LoveUSA at 12:23 AM JST - 31st July

All the perverts will follow Hosokawa in prison. I think they have some psychological problems and additionally are people who lack attractive features and that makes them outcasts in society. Not being able to find love on their own, they become otakus.
Fadamor at 03:31 AM JST - 31st July

You can't arrest someone for looking at something being displayed in public. Girls of ALL ages need to be aware of what they are showing to the surrounding public. Choosing to wear a mini-skirt means there is almost no way to avoid someone catching a glimpse of panties unless you stand up straight and never sit, crouch, or bend. If that's OK with you, then fine.

With that said, taking photos/movies without the subject's consent could land you in jail, however, if the angle involves intimate apparel. This off-duty cop showed a remarkable lack of resolve by "giving into temptation" just because he could see her underwear. I wonder how the rest of his "moral compass" functioned, if at all?
nigelboy at 07:34 AM JST - 31st July

Nope. I know it for a fact, and people like you and Nigelboy coming on here to defend it on the same site with all the 'Maid-cafe ambassadors being sent around Asia' articles, threads of J-men being caught taking pictures of naked kids in Cambodia, judges groping girls on trains, etc. doesn't look to good on you guys. Hell, go to ANY city in Japan and you can see an area close to stations with 'highschool girl fantasy' dress up "health salons", "soap lands" or whatever. They FEED the fantasies here, then fail to punish (as much as they should) the men who cannot control themselves and grope, take pictures, molest, assault, etc. Then they have people like you to fall back on for their defense. You guys are a big part of the problem.

Why is it I'm part of the problem? My only beef with you is that you take this specific case and label the entire culture of Japan. I don't condone any of what this office did. But the fact is, there are states within U.S. that classify these incidents as "municipal ordinance" violations. Why aren't you all over those states instead of Japan which does punish these people with criminal laws? Canada/Australia doesn't have the maid cafe's or health salons but look at their rape per capita data. (http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/crirappercap-crime-rapes-per-capita )

Moderator: Stay on topic please. References to other countries are not relevant to this discussion.
AK619 at 08:24 AM JST - 31st July

The problem wasn't using his eye balls to look up the mini skirt. Its illegal to film people's private area's without there permission, its rude and sort of like sexual harassment. He should just be penalized with three days in jail, then back to Police work.
netrek at 06:49 PM JST - 31st July

Stop being so hard on this cop, maybe he is going through a messy divorce, maybe his wife is the frozen sort and hasn't given him any sex in years. He didn't rape her! Some of you talk like he physically assaulted her. 18 year old girls should not be wearing mini-skirts!
mnemosyne23 at 01:25 AM JST - 1st August

netrek: Then who the heck SHOULD be wearing miniskirts? 18 years old is not sixteen. If she wants to wear one, it's her prerogative. He might not have physically assaulted her, but he violated her privacy, committed an act of indecency, and broke the frelling LAW. All of that is bad enough as it is, but when such acts are committed by a POLICE OFFICER (even off-duty), a person of authority, it's even MORE disgusting. I wish I could have been there to give him a swift kick in the self-censored for decency's sake

This is the quote that bugs me the most:

Hosakawa has admitted to the charge, and was quoted as saying: “When I saw her in that miniskirt, I just gave in to temptation.”

That's probably the third nearly identical quote I've read in various "upskirt" and groping news stories in recent months. The perpetrator "gave in to temptation," or couldn't resist, or couldn't help himself. It's long past time for people to stop defending this kind of perverted behavior! We are HUMAN BEINGS, which means we have the ability to make rational, moral decisions; it's one of the things that separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom. A police officer -- even one who is off duty -- should ESPECIALLY be capable of maintaining proper boundaries and making morally appropriate decisions. That means that, when faced with GASP A WOMAN IN A MINISKIRT (evil temptress!!), the appropriate reaction is to silently applaud or decry her fashion sense (hey, not everyone looks good in a miniskirt) and keep your eyes (or cameras) trained somewhere more appropriate! The escalator's handrail, the panorama of the station below, the back of her head -- all of those would be perfectly reasonable places to look. Choosing to flip open your camera phone and film up her skirt for a vicarious thrill isn't just gross and creepy, but morally bankrupt and thoroughly reprehensible.
WMD at 05:06 PM JST - 1st August

Yes I can only guess that his wife wasn't putting out and his sexual frustration just got the better of him. You wouldn't be filming up some female's particulars if you were getting it every night now would you?? Perhaps we should blame his wife??
Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land at 09:16 PM JST - 1st August

While I agree with the "look don't touch" viewpoint expressed by some here, the problem is a social one and this police officer is, to a large extent in my opinion, a product of his environment. Viewing women as nothing more than sex objects is a pretty common viewpoint, if not the standard. Japanese society needs to clean up it's own backyard in terms of thinking about women in less superficial, sexualized, and antiquated gender roles before throwing the book at this foolish copper.

Also, so many young women in Japan act like airhead barbie doll bimbos, because that is how they are taught to act. That kind of behavior is rewarded. Cute and sexy is more important than being taken seriously. The current state of Japanese society has been created by both men and women, not just dirty perverted men. Are women's rights groups in Japan clamoring for more rights and absolution of gender stereotypes? I haven't seen any articles of that here on JT. In the end, I think people here, men and women, generally enjoy their gender roles.
betepunap at 02:30 AM JST - 2nd August

If they arrest people for it, they should stop advertise it like they do now in their pop-culture.
hakujinsensei at 12:37 AM JST - 3rd August

stranger said it well, though they clamor for rights and respect, they enjoy the benefits ( at least the cute ones and the ones that put out ) of being treated as sex objects. dont think there are benefits? do you think jal attendants get in because of their kyodai diplomas? or the overwhelming percentage of attractive girls selling retail, working in offices etc. ? they get jobs and advancement by pushing the sex button but complain when they are treated like sex objects. live by the sword, die by the sword.
NeoGeo at 10:06 PM JST - 5th August

“When I saw her in that miniskirt, I just gave in to temptation.” And this dude is a police sergeant sheesh!