Summary
A senior Japanese Football Association official, Masanaga Kageyama, received an 18-month suspended jail sentence in France for viewing child pornography on a plane. He was also fined and banned from working with minors and returning to France for 10 years.
Key Facts
- Masanaga Kageyama is a senior official at the Japanese Football Association.
- He was sentenced to an 18-month suspended jail term in France.
- He was found viewing child pornography images on a flight to Chile.
- Kageyama received a €5,000 fine and a ban from returning to France for 10 years.
- He cannot work with minors for a decade.
- He was added to France's national sex offenders' register.
- Kageyama admitted to viewing the images, claiming ignorance of the law.
- He is a former professional football player and coach in Japan.
