TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 43-year-old man for allegedly participating in lewd acts with a runaway highschool woman in Shinjuku Ward earlier this 12 months.
Between September 13 and the next day, Yasuhiro Mita, an workplace employee, allegedly paid 10,000 yen to the woman, then 16, to interact in lewd acts at a resort within the Kabukicho nightlife quarter whereas figuring out that she was below 18.
Upon his arrest on suspicion of violating the anti-child prostitution and pornography regulation, Mita partially denied the fees “I requested her age after we’d completed,” he mentioned, stories the Asahi Shimbun ().
In response to police, the 2 weren’t acquainted earlier than the incident. The woman is a runaway from her residence within the Kanto space.
On the time, the feminine scholar was apparently on the lookout for a spot to remain within the space of the Kabukicho frequented by “Toyoko Youngsters,” a reference to the Toho Cinemas complicated within the coronary heart of the nightlife quarter. Such youngsters who frequent the realm are runaways and delinquents.
On September 13, Mita approached her close to the complicated. “You’re most likely round 16 years previous,” he mentioned. “I’ll provide you with 10,000 yen should you keep the night time.”
