A 65-year-old dance instructor has been arrested on suspicion of secretly filming a girl at a dance school in Tokyo, police said. Hiroyuki Sakuma is suspected of placing a small camera in a toilet at the school in Adachi Ward in August.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, Sakuma hid the camera inside an ornament shaped like a block wall made of styrofoam and set it on a shelf in the toilet. The camera was concealed within the ornament, police said.
In questioning, Sakuma denied part of the allegation. "There is no mistake, but what I was targeting was adult women," he was quoted as telling investigators, adding that he had done it about three times to satisfy his sexual desires.
Police believe he may have committed other offenses and are continuing their investigation.
Access to children
The case places a spotlight on the access instructors hold to children in private lessons and club activities. At the school, the toilet was used by students, and the camera was placed where a child would not think to look.