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Japanese football official sentenced for viewing child sexual abuse images

 Masanaga Kageyama, technical director for the Japan Football Association (JFA), [Jijipress / AFP) 

A senior Japan Football Association official has been sentenced to an 18-month suspended jail term in France after viewing images of child sexual abuse during a plane journey, a court official said Tuesday.

Masanaga Kageyama, the association's technical director, was arrested last week during a stopover at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris on the way to Chile to attend the Under-20 World Cup, according to Le Parisien newspaper.

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