20-year-old man arrested for allegedly kidnapping minor

Teach your daughters to be confident in fighting off someone who is trying to do something to them....So anything but Aikido.

The girl's parents reported her missing on Oct 28 and police were able to track her movements through street surveillance camera footage.

They tracked her from her phone but will never tell you that.

Glad the cops found her before anything happened. Good policing.

Just waiting now for the usual "it takes two to tango" sick rhetoric.

Takehara reportedly called the girl on her smartphone and said he had a surprise for her and asked her not to tell her parents.

And what was the surprise?

Was she held there against her will? Otherwise I don't see this as a kidnapping.

Why is this kidnapping. Her age is a child but she is behaving like a mature woman. Was she allowed to register on the social media, or she faked her age to meet men? Knowing Japanese culture, i believe him saying it’s not her first time staying at other men’s place.

it is a weird behaviour of a 14 year old child. I would think there must be problems in her family, or in the way of their living.

According to the Japanese law, it is considered kidnapping if you take away/shelter/host an underage person without the guardian's approval, regardless if she/he comes by his/her own accord. There have been cases of people who sheltered girls who runaway from an abusive family, and they were arrested.

Why is this kidnapping. Her age is a child but she is behaving like a mature woman.

Nothing in the article shows the victim behaving as a mature woman.

William_BlakeToday  10:04 am JST

Looks like a little learning of Aikod is called for;

Aikido is a perfect martial art for women's self-defence as it involves movement precision and joint mobility over muscle strength and bulk. Since women tend to invest more in their flexibility than men, they can execute better movement precision and finer motor coordination.

Aikido centres on breathing control, triangular principle, and turning movements that allow a woman to redirect her opponent’s attack momentum. These principles involve a series of throwing and joint-lock techniques.

Aikido also enhances situational awareness, improves body posture and alignment, and teaches how to fall without injury. More importantly, Aikido uses self-defence techniques to convince attackers to surrender without causing physical harm.

If you want to learn more there are plenty of dojos throughout Japan (if you are in Japan).

Let me know where you are and I can direct you to a good dojo.

??? I am sorry, but Aikido would have to be the worst martial art for women. (The martial art in and of itself is fairly dubious).

Women would fare much better learning Jiu Jitsu, muay thai, or Judo.

I used to live next to a police station. Occasionally police officers would ask me English questions for flyers or posters they wanted to put up.

All the officers either trained in Judo or Kendo. Not a one trained in Aikido.

For an aggressive attacker who is stronger than the victim Aikido would be useless.

Brazilian Jujitsu has proven a million times over in real fights it is one of the best to know.

If you want to learn more there are plenty of dojos throughout Japan (if you are in Japan).

I have no interest in learning the choreographed formation dancing that modern Aikido has become.

Literally the most useless form of unarmed combat.

Learning any martial arts would not have helped the 14-year-old girl who went of her own account. Parents of teenage girls should discuss with them the dangers of meeting strangers online.

 “I was not the first one to ask her to stay away from home.”

Lame excuse, buddy.

And this 'she went on her own accord' and 'it takes 2 to tango' doesn't apply here. She is 14 years old, too young and not a consenting adult. 'Nuff said.

This sick boy needs to be in jail.

Was she held there against her will? Otherwise I don't see this as a kidnapping.

She is a minor and permission was not given by her legal guardians.....so it's kidnap

The 1st sentence above is meant to be a quote from another poster

All those who are saying "THiS is not a KidNapInG" do not have a daughter and/or may find themselves one day on To Catch a Predator.

Teach her aikido, karate, jiujitsu, boxing, kung fu, taikwon do, judo, muay thai, wing chun, jeet kun do, greco-roman wrestling, whatever. Make her a living breathing lethal weapon.

She would have still been found exactly where she was and we all know it. And this is because we all know she was precisely where she desired to be, just like all the other times before that were mentioned.

Pretending otherwise is accomplishing precisely nothing good but a whole lot of bad.