He was a really low-key criminalYou... Shock! The chairman of the Korea Federation of Commerce and Industry, who was absurd, watched child pornography on board → Conviction in France. Eventually, the ending of dismissal

Oct 08, 2025

He was a really low-key criminalYou... Shock! The chairman of the Korea Federation of Commerce and Industry, who was absurd, watched child pornography on board → Conviction in France. Eventually, the ending of dismissal
Kageyama Masana, chairman of the Japan Football Association (JFA) Technical Committee, was convicted in a French court of possessing a child pornography. The JFA immediately terminated the contract and dismissed Kageyama. Sponichi Annex Knight Capture



'Shameless criminal watching child pornography in public!'

The ugly truth of Japan's soccer world's top leadership has been unveiled to the world. It is not only the biggest scandal in Japanese soccer, but also the worst case that could shake Japan's status in the international community.

Masana Kageyama, chairman of the Japan Football Association (JFA), was convicted in a French court of possessing and accessing child pornography. When this was known, the JFA immediately announced that Chairman Kageyama would be dismissed. However, the prestige of Japanese soccer has already fallen to the ground.




Japanese media, including Sponichi Annex, reported in unison on the 7th (Korea time) that the JFA held a press conference and announced the dismissal of Kageyama, chairman of the technical committee. Because he was convicted of a serious criminal offence. It was discovered while watching child pornography on the plane. It wasn't even happening in Japan. Convicted in France. This in itself has already become an international scandal.

The whole story of such a ridiculous incident is absurd itself. It suggests how often Kageyama, the former chairman of the committee, has encountered child pornography.

Kageyama left for Chile to observe the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2025, which has been held in Chile since last month. It was a flight through Paris, France.




However, it was discovered by the cabin crew that they were viewing images of children's pornography on board. His tablet PC had an open exposure image of a girl believed to be 10 years old. The flight attendant immediately reported this, and Kageyama was arrested by local police as soon as the plane landed at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport on the 2nd.

He was a really low-key criminalYou... Shock! The chairman of the Korea Federation of Commerce and Industry, who was absurd, watched child pornography on board → Conviction in France. Eventually, the ending of dismissal
Kageyama Masana, chairman of the Japan Football Association (JFA) Technical Committee, was convicted in a French court of possessing a child pornography. The JFA immediately terminated the contract and dismissed Kageyama. Sponichi Annex Knight Capture
The trial proceeded immediately thereafter. Multiple French media outlets reported that `JFA Technical Committee Chairman Kageamya was tried at the Bovini Simple Court near Paris on charges of importing and possessing images of child pornography' Kageamya explained that the images were created by artificial intelligence (AI), but the French court finally sentenced him to 18 months in prison and suspended execution on the 6th'

It's a shameless criminal act that has no excuse at all. This is a clear example of how distorted Kageyama's perception of morality and sex was. The JFA also recognized this and quickly kicked out Kageyama.




At a press conference on the dismissal of Kageyama, JFA Secretary-General Kazuyuki Yukawa resolved to cancel the contract with Kageyama Technical Committee Chairman and dismiss the chairman's position at the board meeting" is very regrettable from the JFA's point of view, and we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused."

He was a really low-key criminalYou... Shock! The chairman of the Korea Federation of Commerce and Industry, who was absurd, watched child pornography on board → Conviction in France. Eventually, the ending of dismissal
JFA Chairman Tsuneyasu Miyamoto apologizes to the public by announcing the dismissal of former technical chairman Masana Kageyama, who was convicted in a French court of possessing child pornography. Sponichi Annex Knight Capture
JFA Chairman Tsuneyasu Miyamoto also "It is not an acceptable case. Taking this opportunity, we will take this opportunity to review and improve the JFA compliance system." Kageyama is likely to be forced out of Japanese soccer forever.

Kageyama, the former chairman of the technical committee, was also a person who caused public outrage for making a `nonsense about Korean soccer' prior to the incident.

When the South Korean U-17 national team lost 0-1 to Indonesia at the 2025 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-17 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia in April, Kageyama said, "We should take it as a lesson that the level of Korean soccer, which we have considered a rival, is too low. It can happen if we let our guard down, too. We have to try not to be like Korea````.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.