FUKUSHIMA – Fukushima Prefectural Police said they arrested a 33-year-old man Thursday for allegedly scattering at a parking lot photos of his ex-girlfriend taken in the nude.
They said it is the first arrest under the law targeting “revenge porn,” enforced in November to punish distribution of personal sexual images with the intent of retaliation.
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