The issue of online diffusion of athlete images JOC and the Metropolitan Police Department exchange opinions

The JOC = Japanese Olympic Committee exchanged opinions with Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department officials on the 5th on the issue of images of athletes being disseminated on the Internet for sexual purposes, and athletes can train with peace of mind. We have confirmed that we will cooperate by providing information to the police so that we can do so.

Regarding the damage caused by athletes being voyeurized at competition venues and spreading videos and images on the Internet for sexual purposes, the relationship between the JOC, the Japan Sports Association, the Japanese Para-Sports Association, and the National High School Athletic Federation Last year, seven groups issued a joint statement to eradicate.

The JOC provided the Metropolitan Police Department with information about each damage, and in May, the Metropolitan Police Department reprinted images of multiple female athletes on an adult site without permission based on the JOC's information. We are strengthening the crackdown, such as arresting a man.

On the 5th, the JOC exchanged opinions with the seven related organizations and Yoshiaki Kobayashi, director of the Life Safety Department of the Metropolitan Police Department, in Tokyo, informing them of the actual situation of the damage, and actively providing information in the future. We confirmed that we would take measures and crackdowns.

Hanae Ito, a former representative of Japan who attended the meeting and participated in the 2nd Olympic Games, said, "Until now, I was competing with the feeling that if an athlete was worried alone, he couldn't help crying and falling asleep. This is the first step. Since this is the start, I would like to do my best to improve the competition environment for the athletes as much as possible. "

Chairman Yamashita said, "Since there is a limit to what a competition organization can do, the cooperation of the police is very grateful and I have never thought that it is so powerful. I would like to work with the police so that athletes can train with peace of mind." I was talking.