Japan football official sentenced for viewing child abuse images on plane

A flight crew had raised the alarm after they spotted Kageyama looking at the images on the plane.

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Technical director Masanaga Kageyama was detained last week during a stopover at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, French newspaper Le Parisien reported, adding that he later admitted to viewing the images, saying he was not aware it was illegal in France.

He was believed to have been headed for the Under-20 World Cup in Chile.

The JFA said on Tuesday that his contract would be terminated with immediate effect, adding that the incident was "unacceptable to the football world".

The court prosecutor's office told news agency AFP that the flight crew had raised the alarm after they spotted Kageyama looking at the pornographic images on the plane.