Japanese idol Ena Matsuoka was attacked outside her home by a crazed fan. After he was arrested, the stalker explained the complex way he'd located her by zooming in on a photo and finding the reflection of a sign.
He then studied other photos posted by the star to to determine which apartment she lived in, matching her window dressings and the angle of light entering her room with other photographs.
On the day of the assault, Sato waited at the bus stop until he saw Matsuoka walk up to the building, then followed her into the lobby and struck after the door had closed behind them.Shuichiro Hoshi, a professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University, told"The picture quality of smartphone cameras has become very fine, and a new risk has arisen in which private information is being leaked unexpectedly.
"In other words, the risk of a so-called 'digital stalker' is on the rise. As a result, countermeasures are required when posting to an SNS, such using photos that do not include location information or deliberately reducing the image quality," Hoshi added."SNS" refers to social networking services such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Stalkers have become a significant problem for Japanese stars. In 2016, singer Mayu Tomita was stabbed multiple times by a fan upset that she had returned gifts that he had sent her. That incident prompted Japan's legislature, the National Diet, to toughen the country's anti-stalking laws, but fans still say the country is not doing enough to protect their celebrities.
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