The police arrested Yō Uehara, a 30-year-old self-employed male from Chatan, Okinawa Prefecture, and Shizuka Nagaya, a 23-year-old freelance female writer from Tottori, Tottori Prefecture.
According to the police, Hottai has accepted the charges, claiming that he launched the website to “earn money for expenses.”
The police also arrested Ryōji Hottai, a 31-year-old web designer from Akita, Akita Prefecture.
The police claim that Hottai may have earned up to 305 million yen (about US$2.80 million) from this site over three years.