Gunma prefectural official caught secretly filming upskirt images

A Gunma Prefectural official was arrested Wednesday for secretly filming up women's skirts at a bookstore in Maebashi on Tuesday. The man, identified as Kazuhiko Shimada, 27, allegedly approached a female bookstore clerk, who was organizing a shelf, from behind and filmed up her skirt with a digital camera around 8:30 p.m.

A customer spotted Shimada and grabbed him when he tried to flee. The store called police. Shimada was quoted as saying that he has been secretly filming these kinds of images for a few years.