[Osaka] A Sakai city employee who secretly took photos of 100 women’s legs with a smartwatch was given disciplinary action． “Unlike underwear， there was little awareness that taking photos of women’s legs is against the law．”

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Yomiuri Shimbun Online
On the 13th, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, imposed a three-month suspension on a male assistant section chief-level employee (60) in the city’s tourism department as disciplinary punishment for taking secret photos of the legs of women they did not know at train stations and other places using a smartwatch. The employee resigned on the same day. According to a city announcement, the employee was spotted by a police officer on patrol on July 7 at Osaka Metro Namba Station in Osaka City’s Chuo Ward following a group of three women and taking pictures of their legs with his smartwatch. During questioning by the city, the employee admitted that since November last year, he had used a smartwatch and smartphone to repeatedly take secret photos of around 100 women’s legs at stations, trains, shopping facilities, and other locations on his days off, and said, “Unlike underwear, I was not really aware that taking secret photos of women’s legs was a violation of the law.”

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