{"id":173825,"date":"2025-10-24T10:41:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T01:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173825&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-24T10:41:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T01:41:43","slug":"fukuoka-police-officer-referred-to-prosecutors","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-police-officer-referred-to-prosecutors\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Police Officer Referred to Prosecutors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 51-year-old Fukuoka Prefectural Police superintendent was referred to prosecutors on October 23 for allegedly filming under a woman\u2019s skirt on a subway train in June. The officer, Koji Tanaka, headed the Forensics Division and reportedly stored about 3,800 images and 100 videos of women on his phone, including 100 upskirt shots and 80 taken while on duty. He admitted to the allegations and resigned after receiving a three-month suspension. Police have requested a strict indictment. The case follows several misconduct incidents within the Fukuoka police this year, including voyeurism, drunk driving, and sexual harassment. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=16265344&amp;ymd=2025-10-23\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/articles\/ASTBR22QWTBRTIPE009M.html\" target=\"_blank\">Asahi<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fukuoka-prefectural-police-WEB-1.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Police Officer Referred to Prosecutors\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-132182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fukuoka-prefectural-police-WEB-1.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fukuoka-prefectural-police-WEB-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fukuoka-prefectural-police-WEB-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fukuoka-prefectural-police-WEB-1.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 51-year-old Fukuoka Prefectural Police superintendent was referred to prosecutors on October 23 for allegedly filming under&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":132182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173825","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}