Woman held for taking indecent photos of 6-yr-old daughter for sale

Thursday 29th October, 08:42 AM JST

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A 28-year-old woman was arrested under anti-child pornography laws on Wednesday, after allegedly taking indecent photos of her 6-year-old daughter for the purposes of sale, police said.

The woman, a housewife and resident of Hachimantai City, is accused of taking 18 photos on her cell phone of her daughter at home between Oct 22 last year and Jan 9 this year.

Police said the photos were discovered while they were investigating the woman in a separate case of violation of child pornography laws. The woman has admitted she took the photos of her daughter to sell them, and police are trying to determine who she sold them to.

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ptolemy at 10:44 PM JST - 29th October

We moved on the sex slave ceses in the USA last week, now we are sighting Asia. Enough said.
usaexpat at 11:15 PM JST - 29th October

Why the surprise guys, who do you think takes most child porn photos anyway, it's the parents. Yes she is a sick mother but she's certainly not alone.
usaexpat at 11:16 PM JST - 29th October

BurakuminDes: I don't think the pervs can perv at will in Japan, they arrested the mother and will arrest anyone who bought photos from her, isn't that how the law works?
eigonosensei at 12:38 AM JST - 30th October

The kiddie porn photos will go nicely with the police's up-skirt photo collection.
InsideJapan at 01:38 AM JST - 30th October

Poor kid, twisted woman. But desperate people will do desperate things. Try not to judge her too harshly unless you've been in the same boat--and what that boat is, we don't know.
Icewind007 at 02:04 AM JST - 30th October

It's not the taking the pictures of anyone nude that's bad. That's fine and in many places, like the US, it's LEGAL. Any age. It's called naturism or nudism or something... It has to be natural and without any indication that it is anything but natural.

However, selling them for sexual pleasure is where it really crossed the line. Hopefully the child is young enough that she does not understand the implications or find that this is ok.
morriconelover at 02:10 AM JST - 30th October

@lutfreak. Your reasoning sucks. The girl was 6 years old. Children doesnt have an understanding of adult sexuality and the mother sold them for a market where the buyers must have been paedophiles. This is way beyond just using the term "pornography".
flamnhead at 05:13 AM JST - 30th October

selling photos taken by a cell phone?????? not undermining it's indecent behavior towards a child, but really people buy photos from a cell phone?
kirakira25 at 08:27 AM JST - 30th October

but really people buy photos from a cell phone?

Clearly in this case it depends on the pictures content, not the quality. I would equally like to see the police go after anyone who bought these pictures, if anyone. It`s not clear if it got that far.

@lutfreak - I was under the impression that pornography IS legal? If it isn`t, then every combini in Japan is about to be raided! What we are talking about here is kiddie-porn. I am not going to start a big debate on where the line gets drawn between kiddie and normal porn but anyone in their right mind must agree that 6 years old is totally different to 26 years old and a willing, knowing, money-receiving participant.
Hoolie at 09:54 AM JST - 30th October

Lutfreak:

I haven't heard of orphanages in Japan.

There are actually quite a number of them. The bike club I ride with is in the midst of preparing for a Toys for Tots run for one of them right now.

In a case like this, the child is unlikely to go to an orphanage - more often they will go to live with their father, grandparents, or other relatives.

Unfortunately, that means the same family that produced her mother.
fishy at 02:17 PM JST - 30th October

if she needed money THAT bad, she should have sold HER OWN photos, not the daughter's!!! either way, it's disgusting, though. At the age of 6, the girl will clearly remember what her mom did to her, and even if she doesn't understand now, she WILL when she is a bit older. Scary.
nandakandamanda at 03:42 PM JST - 30th October

fishy, I am sure she knew which ones were worth more. In her mind, she was going for the highest price, pure and simple.
Cicada at 08:49 PM JST - 1st November

nandakandamanda:

I am sure she knew which ones were worth more. In her mind, she was going for the highest price, pure and simple.

This is why it should be reported what price she was charging for the pictures. That she was arrested for "indecent" photos indicates that the photos were not just nude pictures. Well, they cannot very well show us the pictures, but we can be told how much someone was paying for them.

Another way you can tell this woman is truly evil is that her involvement in pornography is extensive, not just taking these snapshots of her daughter. As article states:

Police said the photos were discovered while they were investigating the woman in a separate case of violation of child pornography laws.
all4faj at 03:28 PM JST - 2nd November

InsideJapan at 01:38 AM JST - 30th October

Poor kid, twisted woman. But desperate people will do desperate things. Try not to judge her too harshly unless you've been in the same boat--and what that boat is, we don't know.

Inside Japan, What are you into kiddy porn? There is no excuse whatsoever.

She should receive the death penalty. and you should receive jail for sympathising.
barristerwolf at 01:24 PM JST - 3rd November

This proves pedophiles come in all shapes, sizes, colors, religions, and sexes. This woman shows, there ARE women pedophiles. What was she making this child do!?