Overview

• Daisuke Furuguchi, 38, was arrested on August 13 on suspicion of trespassing and violating the law against filming sexual parts after staff found hidden cameras in a Tochigi prefectural high school’s girls’ facilities.
• Investigators recovered over 20 covert, self-assembled cameras from more than a dozen ceiling and restroom locations, and seized dozens of SD cards and installation tools during searches of the school and the suspect’s residence.
• Furuguchi has admitted he "enjoyed" the recordings, and police are analyzing footage to determine the full scope and chronology of repeated offenses before sending the case to prosecutors.
• In a separate incident, Hyogo Prefectural Board of Education dismissed a 34-year-old junior-high teacher and secured a ¥500,000 summary fine after he filmed under a woman’s skirt in an Osaka commercial facility.
• Prefectural education boards including Mie have launched emergency reviews of changing-room layouts and preventive measures after a survey found 58 schools use classrooms as substitute dressing areas.