Anti-Masamania Legislation

[Mulboyne]

MDN: Diet moves to outlaw upskirt shots
Lewd footage taken using hidden cameras will be the specific target of a new law the ruling Liberal Democratic Party plans to force through the current Diet session. Though taking secret photos or video images with hidden cameras is already illegal, it is currently prosecuted using prefectural government ordinances and the Minor Offense Law. With their Hidden Camera Footage Prevention Law bill, the LDP will create standard punishments applicable nationwide as well as make offenders pay a heavier price than now. The LDP has a task force working on how to combat the rampant problem of concealed cameras being used to capture images from up unsuspecting women's skirts, or while they are using public toilets, baths or hotels. The task force has decided it will take at least the following steps:
CREATE a unified set of punishments for those using concealed cameras;
PUNISH those who knowingly sell footage or images taken with a hidden camera; and,
FORCE hotel, hot spring and bath operators to take steps to protect patrons from being captured on secret cameras hidden within their facilities.
According to the National Police Agency, there were 1,892 arrests and apprehensions for upskirt and concealed camera use in Japan last year. The actual figure is considerably higher as perpetrators arrested for trespassing were not included.

[GomiGirl]

With all of the porn freely available, why do people bother going to such lengths to get a flash of tits and arse? Or is it just because it is "naughty"?

I will never understand how people get off on this stuff.. I have lived a sheltered life!!

[vir-jin]

[Socratesabroad]

Just to wonder aloud, but would such laws against surreptitious photos be limited to the upskirt shots or would they have an effect on camera surveillance in general? Meaning, would stores have to publicly announce (or post notices) if they use cameras in dressing rooms and such?

[Visitor K]

is this really "anti-masamania"?? from what i can tell, there is no use of hidden cameras on masamania.com's sight.. maybe i am just naive.

on an unrelated note, i think i found my boss taking an upskirt shot of me in the last crossdress-to-work day...
-k

[Watcher]

This is nothing new... merely the implementation of the more stringent trilas on the way to become a master ninja-shooter. Masa will have no concerns, for a ninja is gone before the victims know he was there.

[kurohinge1]

... Masa will have no concerns, for a ninja is gone before the victims know he was there.

Plus, he has technorogy

[GomiGirl]

is this really "anti-masamania"?? from what i can tell, there is no use of hidden cameras on masamania.com's sight.. maybe i am just naive.

Not Masamania.. try Ninja Shot

I only really have a problem with the hidden camera stuff in the toilets and bathrooms. That is just horrid.

Open air onsens are pretty much fair game but when you lock a toilet stall door a person expects (and has a right to) a certain amount of privacy.

[puargs]

Hahaha, GomiGirl, you crack me up.

In the States, it's been ruled as how you put it- if a girl is out in public wearing what she's wearing, it's fair game to photograph her (assuming her image won't be used for financial gain), because she's in a public space. The girl chooses to wear a skirt, her downside. However, in Japan, I can see this legislation being necessary because of the dress codes in Japanese schools. If the girls are *forced* to wear skirts, and as a result put up with an insane amount of sexual predators, then that's something that needs to be fixed.

Of course, they could just fix the dress code. But hey, it's Japan!

[GomiGirl]

I can tell you as an absolute fact that all camera phones sold in Japan MUST produce a shutter sound when taking photos. This shutter sound can not be disabled. All handset manufacturers must comply with this regulation if they hope to sell phones here. Camera phones in other countries can usually have the shutter sound turned off if the user wants and knows the menu item.

This is because upskirt photos from camera phones were becoming such a social problem. Kinda sad really as I think guys that get a woody from a glimpse of cottontail undies are losers. IMNSHO

[AssKissinger]

I think guys that get a woody from a glimpse of cottontail undies are losers

Doh!

[puargs]

Haha, I remember when two of my female Japanese friends came to Iowa and they were simply stunned that my camera phone didn't make a noise when it took the picture. I said "Ok, done!" and they all just gave me blank stares. "No, you didn't take it. It didn't make the noise."

[cstaylor]

However, in Japan, I can see this legislation being necessary because of the dress codes in Japanese schools. If the girls are *forced* to wear skirts, and as a result put up with an insane amount of sexual predators, then that's something that needs to be fixed.

From what I have heard, most real schoolgirls are wearing regular gym shorts beneath their skirts as photo protection.

[AssKissinger]

However, in Japan, I can see this legislation being necessary because of the dress codes in Japanese schools. If the girls are *forced* to wear skirts, and as a result put up with an insane amount of sexual predators, then that's something that needs to be fixed.

From what I have heard, most real schoolgirls are wearing regular gym shorts beneath their skirts as photo protection.

Sad but true.

[FG Lurker]

However, in Japan, I can see this legislation being necessary because of the dress codes in Japanese schools. If the girls are *forced* to wear skirts, and as a result put up with an insane amount of sexual predators, then that's something that needs to be fixed.

From what I have heard, most real schoolgirls are wearing regular gym shorts beneath their skirts as photo protection.

This has been the case for decades... My wife wore shorts under her skirt when she was a HS student.

[dimwit]

I only really have a problem with the hidden camera stuff in the toilets and bathrooms. That is just horrid.

I personally can't figure out what kind of person would want to view pictures of people taking a dump.

[kurohinge1]

I only really have a problem with the hidden camera stuff in the toilets and bathrooms. That is just horrid.

I personally can't figure out what kind of person would want to view pictures of people taking a dump.

And I've been "laying cable" everyday for free!

If I'd known people would pay for photos of that - even at only a dollar a poop - I could've made .... over $13,000 by now !
+ =

[Samurai_Jerk]

Given the grandma panties that Japanese girls often seem to wear, the upskirt phenomenon is even more of a mystery to me. Of course I have cum across a few that wear sexier stuff.

[emperor]

Did anyone notice Masas site is gone?

I hope masamania comes back

[Captain Japan]

Spy camera found in women's toilet at Tokyo Metropolitan Government offices
Mainichi

An image device capable of transmitting secretly captured footage was found in a women's toilet at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government headquarters in Tokyo's Shinjuku-ku, it has been learned.

The device, which is about the size of a pack of cigarettes, was reportedly discovered last Friday. Metropolitan Government officials reported the find to police, and distributed documents warning people to be on the alert.

Officials said the card-shaped device was found in a women's toilet on the south side of the 37th floor of the building. A worker at a company hired by the metropolitan government found the device hidden behind toilet paper. It contained a lens and was rechargeable.

After the discovery, officials examined all toilets in the building, but no other suspicious devices were found. On Monday the metropolitan government's general affairs department sent a warning to all departments urging people to be on the alert for "suspicious objects."

[Captain Japan]

Did anyone notice Masas site is gone?

I hope masamania comes back

The Ninjashot site has had a lot of the material removed. Masamania is still going. I ran into Masa at Yasukuni Jinja last week. He said there is some new law that now prohibits even the display of upskirt shots.