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A former daycare worker was arrested on suspicion of violating the Child Prostitution and Pornography Prohibition Act after allegedly filming naked children at her place of work. Information provided by the United States became the starting point.
On the 4th, Kanagawa Prefectural Police arrested Kaoru Yamamoto (31), a former childcare worker from Higashirinkan, Minami-ku, Sagamihara City, on suspicion of violating the Child Prostitution and Pornography Prohibition Act (manufacturing) for allegedly photographing a naked boy at the nursery school where he worked. He admitted the charges, saying, ``There is no doubt that I did it.'' Approximately 20 children are believed to have been affected, and prefectural police are currently investigating the situation.
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The suspect was arrested on suspicion of filming the naked bodies of two boys, aged 5 and 8 at the time, with a smartphone between June and October 2024 at a private nursery school in Minami Ward, Sagamihara City.
The incident was discovered in May of this year after information was provided from the United States through the National Police Agency. According to prefectural police, an American SNS management company confirmed that a total of 573 images and videos of child pornography were stored in Yamamoto's account. The suspect also included 77 photographs that appear to have been taken of boys while he was at work.
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