Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe TOKYO, May 9 (UPI) -- Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party prepared Monday to introduce legislation aimed at fighting the use of hidden cameras to take pictures of women. Taking pictures or video with hidden cameras is already illegal in the country, but it is prosecuted using prefectural government ordinances and the so-called Minor Offense Law. The LDP's Hidden Camera Footage Prevention Law would create nationwide standard punishments and raise fines for offenders, Mainichi Daily News reported. Advertisement The LDP proposals follow work by a task force to find ways to fight the use of hidden cameras to spy up women's skirts and also to spy on women while they use public toilets, baths or hotels. The task force has recommended the Diet create a unified set of punishments for offenders; 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 prevent secret camera use. The National Police Agency said there were 1,892 arrests and apprehensions for concealed camera use in Japan last year.
